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Andromeda
Taxonomy
Andromeda was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ericaceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919) and Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Ericaceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919) and Mabberley (2000).
Species
A. affinis, A. angustifolia, A. cookii (syn. A. flexuosa), A. crassa, A. cretacea, A. dakotana (syn. A. acuminata), A. delicatula, A. euphorbiophylloides, A. flexuosa, A. grandifolia (syn. A. latifolia), A. grayana, A. lanceolata, A. linearifolia, A. linifolia, A. novaecaesareae, A. parlatorii, A. pfaffiana, A. polifolia, A. protogaea, A. reticulata, A. scripta, A. snowii, A. tenuinervis, A. wardiana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Andromeda Linnaeus 1753
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†Andromeda affinis Lesquereux 1874
†Andromeda angustifolia Berry 1914
†Andromeda crassa Lesquereux 1888
†Andromeda cretacea Lesquereux 1892
†Andromeda dakotana Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Andromeda acuminata Lesquereux 1875 [replaced]
†Andromeda delicatula Lesquereux 1883
†Andromeda euphorbiophylloides Berry 1914
Andromeda flexuosa Moon 1849
†Andromeda grayana Heer 1865
†Andromeda lanceolata Knowlton 1917
†Andromeda linearifolia Lesquereux 1887
†Andromeda linifolia Lesquereux 1891
†Andromeda novaecaesareae Hollick 1896
†Andromeda parlatorii Heer 1866
†Andromeda pfaffiana Heer 1882
†Andromeda polifolia Linne 1753
†Andromeda protogaea Unger 1850
Andromeda reticulata Ettingshausen 1850
†Andromeda scripta Knowlton 1917
†Andromeda snowii Lesquereux 1891
†Andromeda tenuinervis Lesquereux 1891
†Andromeda wardiana Lesquereux 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 99.60000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | A. spatula (32031 35007) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Georgia) | A. cretacea, A. wardiana (28321) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | A. novaecaesareae (29010) | |
| Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | A. grandifolia, A. parlatorii (210092) A. novaecaesareae, A. euphorbiophylloides (210091) A. parlatorii (210094) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Georgia) | A. novaecaesareae (212693) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | A. grayana (35576) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. brunnea (23894) A. brunnea, A. nigra (23897) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | A. protogaea (28442) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | A. polifolia (27523) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | A. brunnea (24321) |