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Osmunda occidentalis

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
O. adiantifolia, O. arctica, O. bipinnata, O. cervina, O. cinnamomea, O. claytoniana, O. delawarensis, O. dicksonioides, O. doroschkiana (syn. O. torelli), O. filiculafolia, O. greenlandica, O. heerii, O. hirsuta, O. hirta, O. hollicki, O. lignita, O. lunaria, O. macrophylla, O. montanensis, O. novaecaesarae, O. obergiana, O. occidentale, O. phyllitidis, O. regalis, O. spectabilis, O. sphenopteroides, O. spicant, O. struthiopteris, O. verticillata, O. virginiana, O. zeylanica
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. cretacea, O. dowkeri, O. heeri, O. japonica, O. jurassica, O. parschlugiana, O. totangensis, O. vancouverensis

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusOsmunda
speciesoccidentalis

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
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Miocene or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Idaho) Osmunda occidentalis (35347 35348)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) Osmunda occidentalis (23975)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) Osmunda occidentalis (22933 23973)