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Rhizophoraceae

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Rhizophoraceae Persoon
1919Rhizophoraceae Knowlton
1961Rhizophoraceae Chandler p. 268
1978Rhizophoraceae Chandler p. 29
2000Rhizophoraceae Mabberley
2016Rhizophoraceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17

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

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.

Fm. Rhizophoraceae Persoon 1807
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G. Bruguiera Savigny 1798 [mangrove]
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Bruguiera gymnorhiza Lamarck 1819
G. †Carallioxylon Awasthi 1984
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†Carallioxylon indicum Awasthi 1984
G. Ceriops Arnott 1838 [mangrove]
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†Ceriops cantiensis Chandler 1978
†Ceriops kachchhensis Lakhanpal et al. 1984
G. †Gynotrochoxylon Kraeusel 1939
G. †Palaeobruguiera Chandler 1961
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†Palaeobruguiera elongata Chandler 1961
†Palaeobruguiera lata Chandler 1961
G. Rhizophora Linnaeus 1753 [true mangrove]
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†Rhizophora eocenica Berry 1914
G. †Rhizophorites Bayer 1914
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G. †Rhizophorocarpus Velenovsky and Viniklar 1926
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†Rhizophorocarpus dekapetalus Velenovsky and Viniklar 1926
G. †Rhizophoroxylon Hofmann 1944
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†Rhizophoroxylon spallettii Petriella 1972
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8India (Madhya Pradesh) Rhizophora sp. (38520 38522)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) Rhizophoroxylon spallettii (169852)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Rhizophora boweni (32005)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Palaeobruguiera elongata, Palaeobruguiera lata (22806)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Rhizophora eocenica (212698 212699)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) Ceriops sp. (166741) Rhizophoraceae indet. JAG (166977 167646 167655 167656 167665)
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 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Ceriops kachchhensis (227849)
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 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Rhizophora premangle (31337)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Rhizophora boweni (31280)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) Carallioxylon indicum (224618)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Rhizophora sp. (31168)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Maharashtra) Bruguiera gymnorhiza (227811)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama Rhizophora sp. (32449 32450 32451 32452 32454 32455)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Bruguiera sp. (95167)
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) Ceriops sp., Rhizophora sp. (224677 228819)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Rhizophoraceae indet. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Panama Rhizophora sp. (32309)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Gujarat) Rhizophoraceae indet. (228851)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Rhizophoraceae indet. (228882)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Rhizophora sp. (228793)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Odisha) Rhizophora sp. (228885)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Ceriops sp., Bruguiera sp. (228807) Ceriops sp., Rhizophora sp. (228797) Ceriops sp., Rhizophora sp., Bruguiera sp. (228796) Rhizophoraceae indet. (228808)