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Clethraceae

Angiospermae - Ericales - Clethraceae

Taxonomy
Clethraceae was named by Klotzsch (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1963); and to Ericales by Knowlton (1919), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Clethraceae Klotzsch
1919Clethraceae Knowlton
1963Clethraceae Chandler p. 125
2016Clethraceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyClethraceaeKlotzsch 1851
familyClethraceaeKlotzsch 1851

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.

Fm. Clethraceae Klotzsch 1851
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G. Clethra Linnaeus 1753
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Clethra alnifolia Linnaeus 1753
Clethra hantonensis Chandler 1963
G. †Clethraecarpum Menzel 1913
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Clethraecarpum asepalum Menzel 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Messinian or 41.03000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Clethra hantonensis (24109)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Clethra cimbrica (23056 23611)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Clethra maximowiczii (22755)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Clethra sp. (21239)