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Ericales
Taxonomy
Ericales was named by Berchtold and Presl (1820). It is extant.
It was corrected as Ericales by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Hickey (1977) and Mabberley (2000); it was reranked as the family Ericales by Taylor et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Dicotyledoneae by Hickey (1977); to Dilleniidae by Mabberley (2000); to Cornales by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Eudicots by Jud (2011), Vallati et al. (2020) and Vera et al. (2022).
It was corrected as Ericales by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Hickey (1977) and Mabberley (2000); it was reranked as the family Ericales by Taylor et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Dicotyledoneae by Hickey (1977); to Dilleniidae by Mabberley (2000); to Cornales by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Eudicots by Jud (2011), Vallati et al. (2020) and Vera et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1820 | Ericales Berchtold and Presl p. 251 |
1919 | Ericales Knowlton |
1926 | Ericales Knowlton |
1977 | Ericales Hickey |
2000 | Ericales Mabberley |
2008 | Ericales Taylor et al. p. 1030 |
2011 | Ericales Jud |
2020 | Ericales Vallati et al. p. 5 |
2022 | Ericales Vera et al. |
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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.
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 Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Holocene or 85.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.5 Ma
Collections (44 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Georgia) | E. Flower with stellate trichomes, Type 1, E. Flower with stellate trichomes, Type 2, E. Fruits bearing large peltate trichomes (28320) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Rapanea sp. (169006 169007 169237) | |
Aquitanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ericales indet. (21371) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Rapanea indet. (172833 172836 172855 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172881 172882 172883) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Rapanea spp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924) | |
Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Rapanea sp. (228792) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Rapanea spp. (168896) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Rapanea sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168754 168755 168756) | |
Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Rapanea spp. (168937) |