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Oxalidaceae (wood sorrel)

Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Oxalidaceae

Taxonomy
Oxalidaceae was named by Brown (1818). It is extant.

It was assigned to Geraniales by Hickey (1977) and McIver and Basinger (1993); to Sapindales by Mabberley (2000); and to Oxalidales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Oxalidaceae Brown
1977Oxalidaceae Hickey
1993Oxalidaceae McIver and Basinger
2000Oxalidaceae Mabberley
2016Oxalidaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderOxalidalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyOxalidaceaeBrown 1818
familyOxalidaceaeBrown 1818

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. Oxalidaceae Brown 1818 [wood sorrel]
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G. †Averrhoites Hickey 1977
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Averrhoites affinis Newberry 1868
G. †Oxalidites Caspary 1886
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Oxalidites brachysepalus Caspary 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: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Quaternary or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Sapindus affinis (53086)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Sapindus affinis (53691 53692)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Sapindus affinis (52957)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Sapindus affinis (40094 40445 53694)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Sapindus affinis (40090 43310 57977 57990 57995 57996)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Sapindus affinis (40103 40145)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Averrhoites affinis (34418)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Averrhoites affinis (129225)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Averrhoites affinis (11352 11355 11372 11373 11376 11382 11445 11457 28663 28672 28677 28678 28679 28682 28688 28690 28905 28906 28907)
Clarkforkian56.8 - 55.8USA (North Dakota) Averrhoites affinis (10808 10810 10967 10978 10982 10983 21372)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Averrhoites sp. (179231)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Averrhoites affinis (11336 11337 11338 11339 11342 11343 11350 11363 11364 11365 11370 11371 11394 11436 11463 11472 11473 11474 11475 11489 11493 11502 11506)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Averrhoites affinis (11327 11484 11498)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Averrhoites affinis (10807 10966 10973 10974 10979 10980)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Averrhoites affinis (28700 28706 28708 28714 28715 28723 28724 28725 28741 28909)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Averrhoites affinis (28744 28745)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Wyoming) Sapindus affinis (24087 35580)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Oxalidaceae indet. (228809)