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Elaeocarpus

Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Elaeocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Elaeocarpus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Elaeocarpus serratus.

It was assigned to Elaeocarpaceae by Jussieu (1789), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991).

Species
E. chitaleyi, E. serratus (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. florinii
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2013-09-05; modified by B. Allen on 2024-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Elaeocarpus Linnaeus
1789Elaeocarpus Jussieu
1976Elaeocarpus Lakhanpal et al.
1991Elaeocarpus Chauhan
1991Elaeocarpus Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Rosids
—Eurosids
—Fabid
orderOxalidalesvon Berchtold and Presl 1820
familyElaeocarpaceaede Candolle 1816
genusElaeocarpus

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. Elaeocarpus Linnaeus 1753
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†Elaeocarpus chitaleyi Nambudiri 1967
Elaeocarpus serratus Linnaeus 1753
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica E. sp. (150274)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) E. chitaleyi (224606)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) E. florinii (22819)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) E. sp. (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) E. sp. 1, E. sp. 2 (169007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Elaeocarpus indet. (172830 172833 172836 172837 172855 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172877 172878 172879 172881 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) E. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) E. sp. (228848 228849)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) E. sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) E. sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168755 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) E. sp. (228788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) E. sp. (168937)