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Ceriops (mangrove)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae

Taxonomy
Ceriops was named by Arnott (1838). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Rhizophoraceae by Arnott (1838), Chandler (1978), Chauhan (1991) and Srivastava (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ceriops Arnott
1978Ceriops Chandler p. 29
1991Ceriops Chauhan
1991Ceriops Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyRhizophoraceaePersoon 1807
genusCeriopsArnott 1838

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. Ceriops Arnott 1838 [mangrove]
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†Ceriops cantiensis Chandler 1978
†Ceriops kachchhensis Lakhanpal et al. 1984
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: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) Ceriops sp. (166741)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Ceriops kachchhensis (227849)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Ceriops sp. (224677 228819)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Ceriops sp. (228796 228797 228807)