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Heterocolpites

Angiospermae - Myrtales

Taxonomy
Heterocolpites was named by Van der Hammen (1956). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Heterocolpites palaeocenica.

It was assigned to Magnoliophyta by Salard-Cheboldaeff (1978); and to Myrtales by Huang et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Heterocolpites Van der Hammen
1978Heterocolpites Salard-Cheboldaeff
2023Heterocolpites Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
classDicotyledoneae
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
genusHeterocolpitesVan der Hammen 1956

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. †Heterocolpites Van der Hammen 1956
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Heterocolpites laevigatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
Heterocolpites palaeocenica Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Heterocolpites paluster González-Guzmán 1967
Heterocolpites pseudostriatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
Heterocolpites verrucatus Salard-Cheboldaeff 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available