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Sphenotheca

Angiospermae - Ericales - Symplocaceae

Taxonomy
Sphenotheca was named by Kirchheimer (1934). It is not extant. Its type is Sphenotheca incurva.

It was assigned to Symplocaceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
S. incurva (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. bornensis
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-04-14; modified by B. Allen on 2020-04-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Sphenotheca Kirchheimer
1970Sphenotheca Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
orderEricales()
familySymplocaceaeDesfontaines 1820
genusSphenothecaKirchheimer 1934

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. †Sphenotheca Kirchheimer 1934
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†Sphenotheca incurva Kirchheimer 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available