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Bruguiera (mangrove)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae

Taxonomy
Bruguiera was named by Savigny (1798). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhizophoraceae by Chauhan (1991) and Srivastava (1991).

Species
B. gymnorhiza

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Bruguiera Savigny
1991Bruguiera Chauhan
1991Bruguiera Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyRhizophoraceaePersoon 1807
genusBruguieraSavigny 1798

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. Bruguiera Savigny 1798 [mangrove]
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Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lamarck 1819
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 Badenian to the top of the Holocene or 13.65000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.7 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Maharashtra) Bruguiera gymnorhiza (227811)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Bruguiera sp. (95167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Bruguiera sp. (228796 228807)