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Nypa

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1779Nypa van Wurmb
1937Nipa Sahni and Rode p. 166
1961Nipa Chandler p. 33
1963Nipa Chandler p. 72
1964Nypa Tralau p. 8
1976Nypa Lakhanpal et al.
1978Nipa Chandler p. 18
1991Nypa Chauhan
1991Nypa Srivastava
1996Nypa Pole and Macphail
1999Nypa Tiffney p. 148
2000Nypa Mai p. 98
2003Nypa Mehrotra et al. p. 85

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusNypavan Wurmb 1779

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. Nypa van Wurmb 1779
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Nypa australis Pole and Macphail 1996
Nypa burtini Brongniart 1828
Nypa fruticans Wumb 1781
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Invalid names: Amomum sheppyense Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879 [synonym], Amomum stenocarpum Ettingshausen 1879 [synonym], Apeibopsis gigantea Fraas 1867 [synonym], Burtinia cocoides Ettingshausen 1852 [synonym], Castellinia ambigua Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia compressa Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia elliptica Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Castellinia incurva Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Castellinia subrotunda Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Castellinia zignoana Massalongo 1852 [synonym], Fracastoria anguria Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria citriformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria citrullus Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria cucurbitina Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria gastrioides Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria gigantea Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria lagenaria Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria megapepo Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria melo Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pomiformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pyramidalis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria pyriformis Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria rotunda Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Fracastoria zignoana Massalongo 1858 [synonym], Nipa hindi Rode 1933 [synonym], Nipa pernambucensis Dolianiti 1955 [synonym], Nipadites acutus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites borneensis Kräusel 1923 [synonym], Nipadites bowerbankii Ettingshausen 1852 [synonym], Nipadites clavatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites cordiformis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites crassus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites ellipticus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites giganteus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites heberti Watelet 1866 [synonym], Nipadites lanceolatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites parkinsonis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites pruniformis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites pyramidalis Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites semiteres Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites sickenbergeri Bonnet 1904 [synonym], Nipadites turgidus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Nipadites umbonatus Bowerbank 1840 [synonym], Palaeokeura cretaceum Miguel 1853 [synonym], Pandanocarpum oblongum Brongniart 1828 [synonym], Rubiaceocarpum markgrafi Kraeusel 1939 [synonym]
Nypa hindi Rode 1933
Nypa sahnii Lakhanpal 1952
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: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Nipadites hindi (32317)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Nipa hindi (33636)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) N. sp. (224606)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco N. sp. (209587)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Nipa burtini (55255)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Nipa burtini (21249 22743 22745 22806 204217 210088 210090) Nipadites umbonatus, Nipadites parkinsonis, Nipadites ellipticus, Nipadites crassus, Nipadites cordiformis, Nipadites pruniformis, Nipadites acutus, Nipadites clavatus, Nipadites lanceolatus, Nipadites giganteus, Nipadites semiteres, Nipadites pyramidalis, Nipa burtini, Nipa elliptica, Nipa lanceolata, Nipa parkinsonis, Nipa semiteres, Amomum sheppyense, Amomum stenocarpum (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) N. sahnii (228216)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Nipa burtini (27721)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) N. australis (167646) N. sp. (166741)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Nipadites burtini (212689)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Nipa burtini (24107) Nipa sp. (42087)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) N. sp. (16542)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Nipa sp. (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Nipa sp. (27663)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Germany Nipa burtini (124431)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03India N. fruticans (212868)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333India (Meghalaya) N. sahnii (225192)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India N. fruticans (212869)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Maharashtra) N. sp. (227811)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (West Bengal) N. sp. (228810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) N. fruticans (228797)