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Callitris

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Callitris was named by Ventenat (1808). It is extant. It is the type genus of Callitroideae.

It was assigned to Cupressineae by Ettinghausen (1880); to Cupressineae by Knowlton (1919); to Callitroideae by Gadek et al. (2000); and to Cupressaceae by Jordan (1995), Christenhusz et al. (2011).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Karr (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-06-30; modified by B. Allen on 2022-01-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Callitris Ventenat
1880Callitris Ettinghausen p. 392
1919Callitris Knowlton
1995Callitris Jordan
2000Callitris Gadek et al. pp. 1048, 1056
2011Callitris Christenhusz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
subphylumEuphyllophytina
Radiatopses
RankNameAuthor
Lignophytia
Spermatophytata
phylumGymnospermae
orderConiferales
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyCallitroideaeSaxton 1913
genusCallitrisVentenat 1808

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. Callitris Ventenat 1808
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Callitris comptonii Bowerbank 1840
Callitris curta Bowerbank 1840
Callitris strahanensis Jordan 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Pleistocene or 149.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Germany (Franconia) C. sp. (24521 24524)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) C. comptoni, Cupressinites curtus, Cupressinites comptonii, C. curta (22811)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (169007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) C. strahanensis (166707)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168753 168754)