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Saxifragaceae

Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Saxifragaceae de Jussieu
1919Saxifragaceae Knowlton
1926Saxifragaceae Knowlton
1941Saxifragaceae MacGinitie
2000Saxifragaceae Mabberley
2008Saxifragaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Saxifragaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superrosids
orderSaxifragales
familySaxifragaceaede Jussieu 1789
familySaxifragaceaede Jussieu 1789

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. †Saxifragaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. †Adenanthemum Conwentz 1886
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†Adenanthemum iteoides Conwentz 1886
G. Hydrangea Linnaeus 1753 [hydrangea]
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†Hydrangea bendirei Ward 1885
†Hydrangea californica MacGinitie 1941
†Hydrangea florissantia Cockerell 1908
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Invalid names: Rhus rotundifolia Kirchner 1898 [synonym]
†Hydrangea subincerta Cockerell 1908
G. †Hydrangeiphyllum Dusen 1899
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G. Philadelphus Linnaeus 1753 [mock-orange]
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†Philadelphus bendirei Chaney 1927
†Philadelphus palaeophilus Cockerell 1908
G. Saxifraga Linnaeus 1753 [rockfoil]
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†Saxifraga peritula Cockerell 1908
G. †Saxifragaceaecarpum Menzel 1913
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G. †Saxifragispermum Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Saxifragispermum spinosissimum Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Saxifragites Ettingshausen 1869
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†Saxifragites crenulatus Ettingshausen 1869
G. †Stephanostemon Caspary 1881
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†Stephanostemon helmi Conwentz 1886
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 Coniacian to the top of the Holocene or 89.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Philadelphus normalis (35219)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Hydrangea antica (40775)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Hydrangea antica (40061)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Saxifragispermum spinosissimum (22806)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina Hydrangea incerta (32201)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Hydrangea GR537 (28745)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Hydrangea californica (23995 23997)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Hydrangea knowltonii, Saxifragispermum tetragonalis (21220)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Hydrangea longifolia (223815)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Hydrangea fraxinifolia, Philadelphus minutus (24209)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Hydrangea sp. (35220 35221 35236 35237)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Hydrangea microcalyx (68021)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hydrangeiphyllum affine (141997)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Hydrangea knowltoni (23330)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Germany (Sachsen) Hydrangea microcalyx (26765)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Hydrangea knowltoni (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hydrangea incerta (31545)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Hydrangea bendirei (224391)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Hydrangea bendirei (35278)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Hydrangea sp. (22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Hydrangea lanceolimba (223803)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Hydrangea bendirei (27179) Hydrangea ovatifolius (27701)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Philadelphus bendirei (19206)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Hydrangea petiolaris, Hydrangea sp. (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Hydrangea lanceolimba (222695)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Canada (Nunavut) Saxifraga oppositifolia (162754)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greenland Saxifraga oppositifolia (227055)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) Saxifragaceae indet. (168083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Saxifraga sp. (228781) Saxifragaceae indet. (228780)