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Proxapertites

Angiospermae - Araceae

Taxonomy
Proxapertites was named by Van der Hammen (1956). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Monocotyledoneae by Van der Hammen (1956); to Magnoliophyta by Archangelsky (1973); to Arecaceae by Vallati et al. (2020); and to Araceae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023) and Huang et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Proxapertites Van der Hammen
1973Proxapertites Archangelsky
2020Proxapertites Vallati et al. p. 5
2023Proxapertites Huang et al.
2023Proxapertites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyAraceaede Jussieu 1789
genusProxapertitesVan 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. †Proxapertites Van der Hammen 1956
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Proxapertites cursus van Hoeken-Klinkenberg 1966
Proxapertites humbertoides Van der Hammen 1954
Proxapertites magnus Müller et al. 1987
Proxapertites operculatus Van der Hammen 1956
Proxapertites psilatus Sarmiento 1992
Proxapertites tertiaria Van der Hammen and Garcia de Mutis 1966
Proxapertites verrucatus Sarmiento 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available