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Acrostichum georgianum

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Taxonomy
Acrostichum georgianum was named by Berry (1914). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Phinizy Gully, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the McBean Formation of Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. linearifolium, A. mexicanum, A. ubense, A. ubensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Acrostichum georgianum Berry p. 133 figs. Plate 27, Fig. 1
1919Acrostichum georgianum Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
subfamilyParkerioideaeBurnett 1835
genusAcrostichum
speciesgeorgianum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Acrostichum georgianum Berry 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) Acrostichum georgianum (type locality: 212697)