Mauritia eglantina

Interesting Facts

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -168 meters (-550 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina () - (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Infraphylum: Angiospermae () - Auct.
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Arecidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Arecanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Arecales () - Bromhead, 1840
        Family: Palmae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
        Subfamily: Calamoideae ()
        Tribe: Lepidocaryeae ()
        Subtribe: Mauritiinae ()
        Genus: Mauritia () - Linnaeus f., 1782
        Specific epithet: eglantina
        Botanical name: - Mauritia eglantina

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Standard Deviation = 791.330 based on 224 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]