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Podocarpus

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Podocarpus was named by L'Heritier and Persoon (1807). It is extant.

It was assigned to Podocarpeae by Knowlton (1919); and to Podocarpaceae by Christophel and Greenwood (1987), Chauhan (1991) and Srivastava (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Podocarpus L'Heritier and Persoon
1919Podocarpus Knowlton
1987Podocarpus Christophel and Greenwood
1991Podocarpus Chauhan
1991Podocarpus Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusPodocarpusL'Heritier and Persoon 1807

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. Podocarpus L'Heritier and Persoon 1807
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†Podocarpus araucoensis Berry 1922
†Podocarpus inopinatus Florin 1940
†Podocarpus platyphyllum Greenwood 1987
†Podocarpus sinuatus Pole 1992
†Podocarpus stantoni Knowlton 1916
†Podocarpus travisiae Pole 1993
†Podocarpus witherdenensis Hill and Carpenter 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Jurassic to the top of the Holocene or 201.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (136 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3China (Sichuan) P. sp. 1 (29936)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (102065)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. 1 (29385)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Canada (Nunavut) P. sp. (102063 102064)
Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian145.0 - 136.4South Africa (Western Cape) P. sp. A (38315)
Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian145.0 - 136.4South Africa (Eastern Cape) P. sp. A (38313)
Berriasian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Russian Federation (Sakha) P. multesima (32313)
Late/Upper Hauterivian - Aptian136.4 - 113.0Japan (Gifu) P. reinii (50310)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan (Ishikawa) P. reinii, P. yokoyamai, P. tedoriensis, P. sp. (32324)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. sp. (212949 212979)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica P. sp. (150271 150273) P. sp., P. fildesensis (150237)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica P. sp. (150274)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Chile (Biobío) P. inopinatus (152433)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) P. argillaelondinensis (22811)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) P. andiniformis (133043 133047 133054 133056)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Chile (Coronel) P. araucoensis (141935)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Chile (Decimortecera Región) P. araucoensis, P. inopinatus (153361)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Chile (Decimotercer provincia) P. araucoensis (141922)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Chile (Decimotercer Provincia) P. inopinatus (153360)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) P. eocenica (24463 24477 24490) P. eocenica, P. lancifolius (24481)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) P. spp. (33759 33779 33783 33786 33791 33793 33818 33823 33828 33830 33833 33837 33840)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (166741)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina P. andiniformis (32201)
Early/Lower Eocene - Miocene55.8 - 5.333Chile (Decimotercera Provincia) P. inopinatus (141929)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. incerta, P. eocenica (24106)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Australia (South Australia) Podocarpus indet. (167163)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Australia (Tasmania) P. sinuatus (166978)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Russian Federation P. sp. (45449)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (New South Wales) P. witherdenensis (167350)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) P. platyphyllum (166825)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (166832)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03India P. sp. (212868)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico P. sp. (32293 32295)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) P. sp. (169007 169237)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) P. spp. (231708)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97New Zealand (Southland) P. sp. (169981)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan P. sp. (116637)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand P. travisiae (50035)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand P. type (169166 169167 169168)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica P. spp. (31168)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) P. sp. (231784 231797 231798 231824 231826)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) P. sp. (231834 231835)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa P. sp. (22225 22226 22233)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) P. kinkelini (28442) P. sp. (28443)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (224044)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (Potosi) P. boliviensis (32143) P. fossilis (32127)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama P. sp. (32304 32306)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania P. sp. (22335)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa P. milanjianus (22346)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) P. Prumnopitys (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania P. sp. (21975)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) P. sp., P. lawrencii (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa P. sp. (22117)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania P. sp. (22336 22337 22629)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) P. sp. (228759)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168754 168755 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168937)