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Amelanchier (shadbush)
Taxonomy
Amelanchier was named by Medikus (1789). It is extant.
It was assigned to Pomaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Rosaceae by Brown (1959), Liu et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Pomaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Rosaceae by Brown (1959), Liu et al. (1996).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Amelanchier Medikus |
| 1919 | Amelanchier Knowlton |
| 1959 | Amelanchier Brown p. 128 |
| 1996 | Amelanchier Liu et al. |
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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. Amelanchier Medikus 1789 [shadbush]
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†Amelanchier alnifolia Nuttall 1911
Amelanchier canadensis Medikus 1789
†Amelanchier obovata Knowlton 1917
†Amelanchier peritula Cockerell 1908
Amelanchier rotundifolia Michaux 1892
†Amelanchier scudderi Cockerell 1906
†Amelanchier typica Lesquereux 1883
†Amelanchier whitei Hollick 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (25 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Colorado) | Amelanchier scudderi (39837 39851) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Amelanchier peritula (144782) Amelanchier scudderi (24209) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Oregon) | Amelanchier covea (35235) Amelanchier grayi (35236 35237) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Idaho) | Amelanchier dignatus (27569) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Amelanchier couleeana, Amelanchier covea (23975) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | Amelanchier couleeana (35278) | |
| Miocene | China (Inner Mongolia) | Amelanchier sp. (223896) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Nevada) | Amelanchier desatoyana (27179) Amelanchier grayi (27702) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Amelanchier sibirica (223803) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | Amelanchier apiculata (27660) Amelanchier nevadensis (27630) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Nevada) | Amelanchier nevadensis (27527 27626 27627 27629) | |
| Early/Lower Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | Amelanchier apiculata (27659 27662) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Nevada) | Amelanchier alvordensis (35922) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | China (Shaanxi) | Amelanchier wongi (223875) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Amelanchier sp. (79630) |