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Sassafras hesperia

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
S. acutilobum, S. angustilobum, S. bilobatum, S. burpeana, S. dissectum, S. giganteum, S. hastatum, S. latilobum (syn. S. mirabilis), S. mudgii, S. papillosum, S. parvifolium, S. platanoides, S. potomacensis, S. primordiale, S. progenitor, S. recurvatum, S. selwynii, S. subintegrifolium, S. thermale
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ashleyi, S. bilobata, S. bradleyi, S. bradleyii, S. columbiana, S. ferretianum, S. lusaticum, S. Mudgii, S. mudgli, S. paratsumu, S. parvofilium, S. selwyni

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—Magnoliid
RankNameAuthor
orderLauralesJussieu 1820
familyLauraceaeJussieu 1789
genusSassafrasNees 1831
specieshesperia

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 Ypresian to the top of the Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Sassafras hesperia (227820 227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Sassafras hesperia (179231)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Sassafras hesperia (11537 11538 11539)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Sassafras hesperia (24209)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Montana) Sassafras hesperia (23793)