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Tinospora

Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Menispermaceae

Taxonomy
Tinospora was named by Miers (1851). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Tinosporeae by Chandler (1961) and Chandler (1962); and to Menispermaceae by Miers (1851), Chauhan (1991) and Tiffney (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Tinospora Miers
1961Tinospora Chandler p. 98
1962Tinospora Chandler p. 61
1991Tinospora Chauhan
1999Tinospora Tiffney p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderRanunculales
familyMenispermaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusTinosporaMiers 1851

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. Tinospora Miers 1851
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Tinospora arnensis Chandler 1962
Tinospora excavata Reid and Chandler 1933
Tinospora folmerii Tiffney 1999
Tinospora wilkinsoni Chandler 1961
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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Belgium T. excavata (32342)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) T. arnensis (23397 23398) T. excavata (21244 21249 22810 22811) T. rugosa, T. excavata, T. wilkinsoni (22806)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) T. folmerii (22775)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) T. elongata, T. hardmanae (21220)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) T. sp. (168889 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) T. sp. (228794 228795)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) T. sp. (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) T. sp. (168937)