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Lythraceae

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Lythraceae Saint-Hilaire
1961Lythraceae Chandler p. 266
1962Lythraceae Chandler p. 116
1963Lythraceae Chandler p. 117
2000Lythraceae Mabberley
2008Lythraceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Lythraceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyLythraceaeSaint-Hilaire 1805
familyLythraceaeSaint-Hilaire 1805

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. Lythraceae Saint-Hilaire 1805
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G. †Alatospermum Chandler 1962
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†Alatospermum lakense Chandler 1962
G. Ammannia Linnaeus 1753 [redstem]
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†Ammannia lakensis Chandler 1962
G. †Cranmeria Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Cranmeria trilocularis Reid and Chandler 1933
G. Decodon Gmelin 1791
G. Duabanga Buchanan-Hamilton
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†Duabanga siwalica Prasad and Pandey 2008
G. †Enigmocarpon Sahni and Rode 1937
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†Enigmocarpon parijai Sahni and Rode 1937
†Enigmocarpon sahnii Chitaley and Kate 1977
G. Lagerstroemia Linnaeus 1753 [crepe myrtle]
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†Lagerstroemia eomicrocarpa Dwivedi et al. 2006
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus 1759
†Lagerstroemia jamraniensis Prasad et al. 2004
†Lagerstroemia mioparviflora Dwivedi et al. 2006
†Lagerstroemia patelii Lahkanpal and Guleria 1987
†Lagerstroemia prakashii Prasad et al. 2017
†Lagerstroemia siwalica Prasad 1994
G. †Lagerstroemioxylon Mädler 1939
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†Lagerstroemioxylon deomaliense Lakhanpal et al. 1981
†Lagerstroemioxylon durum Maedler 1939
†Lagerstroemioxylon eoflosreginum Prakash and Tripathi 1970
G. †Microdiptera Chandler 1957
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†Microdiptera major Chandler 1963
†Microdiptera parva Chandler 1957
G. †Minsterocarpum Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Minsterocarpum alatum Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Pachyspermum Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Pachyspermum quinqueloculare Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Palaeolythrum Chandler 1960
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†Palaeolythrum bournense Chandler 1960
†Palaeolythrum gailense Chandler 1963
G. †Tamesicarpum Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Tamesicarpum polyspermum Reid and Chandler 1933
G. Woodfordia Salisbury
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Woodfordia fruticosa Linnaeus 1758
†Woodfordia neofruticosa Prasad 1994
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (160 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mexico Decodon tiffneyi (116340)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Enigmocarpon parijai (33636)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Lagerstroemia indica, Enigmocarpon sahnii (224606)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Maharashtra) Enigmocarpon sp., Lagerstroemia indica (225287)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus, Decodon sibiricus (24322)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Belgium Decodon species (32342)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Alatospermum lakense, Ammannia lakensis (23398) Tamesicarpum polyspermum (21249 22806)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Gujarat) Lagerstroemia patelii (227856)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Palaeolythrum bournense (24107) Palaeolythrum bournense, Microdiptera major (24106)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) Decodon indet. (140304)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Decodon sp. (21220)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Decodon gibbosus, Palaeolythrum bournense (27778) Microdiptera parva, Palaeolythrum bournense (24109)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lythraceae indet., Microdiptera parva (27663)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Lagerstroemia sp. (227714)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Decodon brownii (35221 35236)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Decodon gibbosus (22844)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Decodon gibbosus (22846 22849) Decodon sibiricus (22886)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Decodon gibbosus (23901 23905)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03United Kingdom (England) Microdiptera parva (27665)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera parva (25001 25002) Microdiptera parva (24922 24923 24925 24982 24983 25574 25581 25591)
Rupelian - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) Microdiptera parva (24314)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Decodon vectensis (24183) Microdiptera elongata, Microdiptera minor (24534) Microdiptera lusatica, Microdiptera minor (24179) Microdiptera minor (24185)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Decodon gibbosus (22888 22907 22909 22911 23114 23669) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus (22889 23663 23673 23781 23782 23888 23891)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) Decodon vectensis, Microdiptera parva (26748)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Decodon gibbosus (23908) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus (23906 23907)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Omsk) Decodon gibbosus (23897) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus (23894)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) Microdiptera sp. (22776)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal Lagerstroemia siwalica, Lagerstroemia mioparviflora, Lagerstroemia eomicrocarpa, Woodfordia neofruticosa (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (West Bengal) Lagerstroemia patelii (223487)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal Duabanga siwalica (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Himachal Pradesh) Lagerstroemia sp. (222792)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58India (Tamil Nadu) Lagerstroemioxylon arcotense (224631)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Decodon gibbosus (23062) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus, Microdiptera menzelii (27378) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus, Microdiptera sibirica (23685) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus, Microdiptera menzelii (23060) Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera menzelii (23043 23686) Decodon sibiricus, Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera uralensis, Microdiptera menzelii (23049) Decodon sibiricus, Decodon globosus, Decodon gibbosus (23052)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Saxen) Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera menzelii (23674)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera menzelii (27530 27547 27548 27553) Microdiptera menzelii (27552)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Decodon globosus (28442)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Microdiptera uralensis (27279)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Denmark (Jylland) Decodon gibbosus (28313)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Arunachal Pradesh) Lagerstroemioxylon deomaliense (224743)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Tomsk) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus (24081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Lagerstroemia mioparviflora (224500) Lagerstroemia patelii, Lagerstroemia jamraniensis (222797) Lagerstroemia prakashii (224493)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus (24078 24079)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Decodon sibiricus, Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera menzelii, Microdiptera uralensis (22897) Microdiptera menzelii (22898)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Decodon globosus (27381) Decodon globosus, Microdiptera menzelii (27515)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus, Decodon sibiricus, Microdiptera menzelii (23058) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus, Microdiptera menzelii (23055) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus, Microdiptera menzelii (23059) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus, Microdiptera menzelii, Microdiptera sibirica (23056) Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera menzelii (23618 27011) Decodon globosus (27528) Decodon globosus, Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus, Microdiptera menzelii (23610) Decodon globosus, Decodon tetraedriformis, Decodon sibiricus, Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera sibirica, Microdiptera menzelii (23355) Decodon globosus, Microdiptera menzelii (23598 23661 23677) Decodon sibiricus, Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera menzelii (23050 23609) Decodon sibiricus, Decodon gibbosus, Microdiptera menzelii, Microdiptera uralensis (23611) Decodon sibiricus, Microdiptera menzelii (27013 27526) Decodon sibiricus, Microdiptera uralensis (27523) Decodon sp., Microdiptera menzelii, Microdiptera sibirica (23046) Microdiptera menzelii (22899 23045 23054 23348 23652 23665 27063) Microdiptera sibirica (23044 23616 27524)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Decodon globosus, Decodon tymensis, Microdiptera menzelii (27064)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Decodon globosus (27930 28055 28113 28131 28132 28133)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Decodon globosus (27921)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Decodon globosus, Decodon sibiricus, Decodon gibbosus (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Assam) Lagerstroemioxylon eoflosreginum (224675)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Decodon gibbosus (24099 24287 24627) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus (24286 24317 24320 24321) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon globosus, Decodon sibiricus (24100) Decodon gibbosus, Decodon sibiricus (24324) Decodon globosus, Decodon gibbosus (24098) Decodon globosus, Decodon sibiricus, Decodon gibbosus (24094)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India (Jharkhand) Lagerstroemia sp. (214996)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Decodon globosus, Microdiptera sibirica (22771)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Decodon gibbosus (51757 51758)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Decodon bashkiricus (22781) Decodon globosus, Microdiptera sibirica (22778)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) Decodon globosus (22783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Lagerstroemia indica (224546)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Woodfordia fruticosa (224612)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Lagerstroemia sp. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Ammannia sp. (228760) Lythraceae indet. (228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Ammannia sp. (228794 228795 228821)