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Metroxylon
| Description | Metroxylon is a genus of monoecious flowering plants in the Arecaceae (palm) family, consisting of seven species. They are native to Western Samoa, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, the Moluccas, the Carolines and Fiji in a variety of habitats, and cultivated westward to Thailand and Malaya. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroxylon, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae : Metroxylon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Metroxylon Rottb. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Metroxylon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroxylon |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Metroxylon amicarum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metroxylon paulcoxii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metroxylon sagu species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metroxylon salomonense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metroxylon upoluense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metroxylon vitiense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Metroxylon warburgii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Sagus Steck | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae : Sagus |
| Coelococcus H.Wendl. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae : Coelococcus |
References
| Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| as per family (most nonmarine) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
