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Palaeotaxus

Coniferales

Taxonomy
Palaeotaxus was named by Nathorst (1908). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeotaxus rediviva.

It was assigned to Coniferales by Andrews (1970).

Species
P. rediviva (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. angustifolium
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-03-19; modified by B. Allen on 2020-03-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Palaeotaxus Nathorst
1970Palaeotaxus Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
RankNameAuthor
—Radiatopses
—Lignophytia
—Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderConiferales
genusPalaeotaxusNathorst 1908

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. †Palaeotaxus Nathorst 1908
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†Palaeotaxus rediviva Nathorst 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available