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Rhizophora (true mangrove)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae

Taxonomy
Rhizophora was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhizophoraceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).

Species
R. eocenica
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. boweni, R. premangle

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Rhizophora Linnaeus
1914Rhizophora Berry p. 142
1919Rhizophora Knowlton
1976Rhizophora Lakhanpal et al.
1991Rhizophora Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyRhizophoraceaePersoon 1807
genusRhizophora

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. Rhizophora Linnaeus 1753 [true mangrove]
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†Rhizophora eocenica Berry 1914
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8India (Madhya Pradesh) Rhizophora sp. (38520 38522)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Rhizophora boweni (32005)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhizophora eocenica (212698 212699)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Rhizophora eocenica (212697)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03India Rhizophora sp. (212868)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico Rhizophora sp. (32282 32283 32284 32285 32286 32287 32288 32289 32290 32292 32293 32294 32299)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama Rhizophora sp. (32333 32334 32336 32337 32338 32390 32391 32392 32393 32394 32395 32396 32397 32399 32400 32401)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Rhizophora boweni (31280)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Rhizophora premangle (31337)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Rhizophora sp. (31168)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama Rhizophora sp. (32449 32450 32451 32452 32454 32455)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama Rhizophora sp. (32304 32306 32307 32308 32310 32311 32312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Trinidad and Tobago Rhizophora mangle (31227)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Rhizophora sp. (224677 228819)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Rhizophora sp. (228793)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Panama Rhizophora sp. (32309)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Odisha) Rhizophora sp. (228885)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Rhizophora sp. (228796 228797)