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Sterculia (tropical chestnut)
Taxonomy
Sterculia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sterculiaceae by Knowlton (1919), Berry (1922), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Prasad (2008); to Eudicots by Jud (2011); and to Malvaceae by Iglesias et al. (2007), Stiles et al. (2020), Govaerts et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sterculiaceae by Knowlton (1919), Berry (1922), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Prasad (2008); to Eudicots by Jud (2011); and to Malvaceae by Iglesias et al. (2007), Stiles et al. (2020), Govaerts et al. (2023).
Species
S. acuminalobata, S. acuminataloba, S. aperta, S. balanghas, S. berryana, S. cliffwoodensis, S. coriacea, S. elegans, S. engleri, S. foetida, S. kathgodamense, S. lineariloba, S. lugubris, S. minima, S. mioensifolia, S. mohgaonsis, S. mucronata, S. patagonica, S. platanoides, S. prelabrusca, S. premontana, S. puryearensis, S. reticulata, S. rigida, S. saportanea, S. snowii (syn. S. drakei), S. tertiara, S. tripartita (syn. S. obtusiloba), S. vetustula, S. washburnii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Sterculia Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Sterculia Knowlton |
| 1922 | Sterculia Berry |
| 1986 | Sterculia mohgaonsis Patki and Paradkar |
| 1991 | Sterculia Chauhan |
| 1991 | Sterculia Srivastava |
| 1996 | Sterculia Liu et al. |
| 2007 | Sterculia Iglesias et al. |
| 2008 | Sterculia Prasad |
| 2011 | Sterculia Jud |
| 2020 | Sterculia Stiles et al. |
| 2023 | Sterculia Govaerts 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. Sterculia Linnaeus 1753 [tropical chestnut]
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†Sterculia acuminalobata Berry 1937
†Sterculia acuminataloba Berry 1937
†Sterculia aperta Lesquereux 1883
Sterculia balanghas Linnaeus 1753
†Sterculia berryana Knowlton 1918
†Sterculia cliffwoodensis Berry 1903
†Sterculia coriacea Knowlton 1918
†Sterculia elegans Fontaine 1889
†Sterculia engleri Kirchner 1898
Sterculia foetida Linnaeus 1753
†Sterculia kathgodamense Prasad 1994
†Sterculia lineariloba Lesquereux 1874
†Sterculia lugubris Lesquereux 1883
†Sterculia minima Berry 1906
†Sterculia mioensifolia Prasad and Pandey 2008
†Sterculia mucronata Lesquereux 1891
†Sterculia patagonica Menéndez 1959
†Sterculia platanoides Menéndez 1959
†Sterculia prelabrusca Hollick 1906
†Sterculia premontana Prasad and Pandey 2006
†Sterculia puryearensis Berry 1916
†Sterculia reticulata Lesquereux 1891
†Sterculia rigida Lesquereux 1883
†Sterculia saportanea Knowlton 1898
†Sterculia tertiara Shashi et al. 2006
†Sterculia tripartita Lesquereux 1874
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Invalid names: Sterculia obtusiloba Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
†Sterculia vetustula Dawson 1885
†Sterculia washburnii Berry 1928
Invalid names: Sterculia mohgaonsis Patki and Paradkar 1986 [nomen nudum]
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 Middle Albian to the top of the Quaternary or 110.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cretaceous | Argentina (Chubut) | Sterculia patagonica, Sterculia platanoides (153393) | |
| Albian | USA (Kansas) | Sterculia towneri (102713 102714 102720 102992) Sterculia towneri, Sterculia mucronata (29018 102722) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | USA (Virginia) | Sterculia elegans (106317) | |
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | USA (Wyoming) | Sterculia mucronata (31186) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Canada (British Columbia) | Sterculia aperta (31904) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Wyoming) | Sterculia towneri (31383) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Sterculia washburnii (150273) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | Sterculia acuminataloba (133752 133753) | |
| Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Sterculia acuminataloba (167857) | |
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Sterculia mohgaonsis (224606) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina | Sterculia guinazui, Sterculia washburnii, Sterculia patagonica (32201) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Sterculia coloradensis (21389) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Sterculia rigida (24209) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Sterculia washburnii (31545) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Sterculia patagonica (32098) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | Sterculia wilcoxiana (23973) | |
| Miocene | China (Fujian) | Sterculia sp. (223929) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Nepal | Sterculia mioensifolia, Sterculia premontana (222975) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Sterculia tertiara (222808) | |
| Middle Miocene | Bhutan | Sterculia miocenica (223595) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Sterculia kathgodamense (222797) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Sterculia sp. (228811 228812) |