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IRMNG name detailsEndogenites A.T. Brongniart, 1822 †
fossil only
Not documented
Taxonomic remark From Cleal & Thomas, 2018: Brongniart (1822a) created this genus for stems with endogenous growth such as found in palms....
Taxonomic remark From Cleal & Thomas, 2018: Brongniart (1822a) created this genus for stems with endogenous growth such as found in palms. According to Farr et al. (1979: 614) no type was designated, but two species were briefly described and so may be regarded as syntypes. Endogenite (sic!) bacillaire Brongniart (1822a: 211) was based on specimens from two different localities, none of which were figured, and whose current whereabouts are unknown (they are not listed on the MNHN on-line database). We therefore accept the proposal of Andrews (1955) that the other species Endogenites echinatus should be taken as the type. ... Brongniart (1828a: 120) later transferred the type to Palmacites Brongniart, 1822a, on the assumption that it represented remains of a palm stem. It was later interpreted as a cycad stem and illegitimately renamed Zamites brongniartii C.Presl in Sternberg (1838). Until the type has been located and its affinities established, it will be difficult to diagnose a fossil-genus to which this name could be applied, except perhaps for a generalised group of stem fossils with numerous protruding leaf bases, as is shown in the type. However, there has been no suggestion in recent years that such a genus would be useful. [details]
IRMNG (2022). Endogenites A.T. Brongniart, 1822 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1015273 on 2024-04-20
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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] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details]
basis of record Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) [details] status source Cleal, C. J.; Thomas, B. A. (2018). Nomenclatural status of the palaeobotanical "artificial taxa" established in Brongniart's 1822 “Classification” paper. <em>Fossil Imprint.</em> 74(1-2): 9-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/if-2018-0001 note: inferred [details] name verified source 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] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] extant flag source 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] (2007 version). , available online at https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/ing/ [details] habitat flag source as per family [details] From other sources
Descriptive info Wood; Eocene; near Soissons, France. (Index Nominum Genericorum) [details]Taxonomic remark From Cleal & Thomas, 2018: Brongniart (1822a) created this genus for stems with endogenous growth such as found in palms. According to Farr et al. (1979: 614) no type was designated, but two species were briefly described and so may be regarded as syntypes. Endogenite (sic!) bacillaire Brongniart (1822a: 211) was based on specimens from two different localities, none of which were figured, and whose current whereabouts are unknown (they are not listed on the MNHN on-line database). We therefore accept the proposal of Andrews (1955) that the other species Endogenites echinatus should be taken as the type. ... Brongniart (1828a: 120) later transferred the type to Palmacites Brongniart, 1822a, on the assumption that it represented remains of a palm stem. It was later interpreted as a cycad stem and illegitimately renamed Zamites brongniartii C.Presl in Sternberg (1838). Until the type has been located and its affinities established, it will be difficult to diagnose a fossil-genus to which this name could be applied, except perhaps for a generalised group of stem fossils with numerous protruding leaf bases, as is shown in the type. However, there has been no suggestion in recent years that such a genus would be useful. [details] |
