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Pandanus (pandan)

Angiospermae - Pandanales - Pandanaceae

Taxonomy
Pandanus was named by Parkinson (1773). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pandanaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Srivastava (1991).

Species
P. eocenicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1773Pandanus Parkinson
1976Pandanus Lakhanpal et al.
1991Pandanus Chauhan
1991Pandanus Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
orderPandanalesBrown 1820
familyPandanaceaeBrown 1810
genusPandanusParkinson 1773

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. Pandanus Parkinson 1773 [pandan]
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†Pandanus eocenicus Guleria and Lakhanpal 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 Santonian to the top of the Holocene or 86.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Mexico (Michoacán) Pandanus sp. (57047)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Gujarat) Pandanus eocenicus (227856)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Pandanus lutetianus (184468)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Pandanus sp. (228794 228795)
Calabrian - Holocene1.8 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pandanus sp. (22072)