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Borassus (palmyra palm)

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Borassus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Borassus flabellifer.

It was assigned to Arecaceae by Srivastava (1991).

Species
B. flabellifer (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Borassus Linnaeus
1991Borassus Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusBorassus

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.

G. Borassus Linnaeus 1753 [palmyra palm]
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Borassus flabellifer Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Paleogene or 66.00000 to 23.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Maharashtra) Borassus sp. (225724)