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Gentianaceae (gentian)
Taxonomy
Gentianaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.
It was assigned to Gentianales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Gentianales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1789 | Gentianaceae de Jussieu |
2000 | Gentianaceae Mabberley |
2008 | Gentianaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030 |
2016 | Gentianaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19 |
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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.
Fm. Gentianaceae de Jussieu 1789 [gentian]
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G. Fagraea Thunberg 1782
G. Gentiana Linnaeus 1753
G. Nymphoides Séguier 1754
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Nymphoides indica Kuntze 1892
Invalid names: Limnanthemum Gmelin 1769 [synonym]
G. †Voyrioseminites Trivedi and Chaturvedi 1972
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†Voyrioseminites magnus Trivedi and Chaturvedi 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (23 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Eocene | India (Meghalaya) | Gentianaceaeformis indica (224681) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Fagraea sp. (169007) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Gentianaceae indet. (22233) | |
Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Gentianaceae indet. (22335) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Limnanthemum nymphaeoides (24096) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Gentiana praeaptera (22780) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Fagraea sp. (168888 168889) Nymphoides sp. (168918 168924) | |
Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Gentiana sp. (228848) Gentianaceae indet. (228792) | |
Quaternary | India (West Bengal) | Nymphoides sp. (228793 228794 228795 228821) | |
Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Nymphoides sp. (228761) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nymphoides indica (168754 168755) Nymphoides striate, Nymphoides indica (168753) | |
Holocene | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Gentianaceae indet. (228780) | |
Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Nymphoides sp. (228762) | |
Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nymphoides sp. (168937) |