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Sonneratiaceae

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Sonneratiaceae

Taxonomy
Sonneratiaceae was named by Engler. It is extant.

It was assigned to Myrtales by Mabberley (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Sonneratiaceae Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familySonneratiaceaeEngler
familySonneratiaceaeEngler

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. Sonneratiaceae Engler
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G. †Duabangoxylon Prakash and Awasthi 1970
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†Duabangoxylon indicum Navale 1957
†Duabangoxylon tertiarum Prakash and Awasthi 1970
Invalid names: Duabangoxylon siwalicus Trivedi and Misra 1983 [nomen nudum]
G. †Florschuetzia Germeraad et al.
G. Sonneratia Linnaeus
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†Sonneratia kyushuensis Srivastava and Suzuki 2001
G. †Sonneratioipollis Venkatachala and Kar 1969
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†Sonneratioipollis bellus Venkatachala and Kar 1969
G. †Sonneratiorhizos Chitaley 1969
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†Sonneratiorhizos raoi Chitaley 1969
G. †Sonneratioxylon Hofmann 1952
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†Sonneratioxylon caeseolarioides Shete and Kulkarni 1982
†Sonneratioxylon dakshinense Ramanujam 1957
†Sonneratioxylon dudukurense Rao and Ramanujam 1966
†Sonneratioxylon intertrappeum Biradar and Mahabale 1975
†Sonneratioxylon nawargaoense Bande and Prakash 1984
†Sonneratioxylon nawargaoensis Bande and Prakash 1984
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Maharashtra) Sonneratioxylon caeseolarioides, Sonneratioxylon nawargaoensis (225724)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Andhra Pradesh) Sonneratioxylon dudukurense (226529)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Sonneratiorhizos raoi, Sonneratia sp., Sonneratioxylon duabangoides, Sonneratioxylon intertrappeum (224606)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Gujarat) Sonneratioipollis bellus (224627)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Sonneratioxylon caseolarioides (41110)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) Florschuetzia trilobata (227630 227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Florschuetzia trilobata (227652 227672 227676 227699 227710 227784 227788)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukuoka) Sonneratia kyushuensis (224520)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) Sonneratioxylon preapetalum (224618)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Gujarat) Sonneratioxylon preapetalum (228639)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58India (Tamil Nadu) Sapindoxylon indicum (224631) Sonneratioxylon dakshinense (224633) Sonneratioxylon preapetala (226530)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttar Pradesh) Duabangoxylon indicum, Duabangoxylon siwalicus (227819)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Assam) Duabangoxylon tertiarum (225197)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Sonneratia sp. (224677 228819)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Sonneratia sp. (228793 228794 228795 228810 228821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Odisha) Sonneratia sp. (228885)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Sonneratia sp. (228796 228797 228807 228808)