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Castanea protoantiqua

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Taxonomy
Castanea protoantiqua was named by Suzuki (1976). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Laboratory of Phylogenetic Botany, Chiba University, No. 71188, a wood. Its type locality is Koinoura, Tsuyazaki, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial tuff in the Tsuyazaki Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Castanea protoantiqua Suzuki

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyFagaceae
genusCastaneaMiller 1754
speciesprotoantiqua

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.

Castanea protoantiqua Suzuki 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available