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Phoebe

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Taxonomy
Phoebe was named by Nees (1836). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lauraceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Prasad (2008); and to Plantae by Xia et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Phoebe Nees
1976Phoebe Lakhanpal et al.
1991Phoebe Chauhan
1991Phoebe Srivastava
1996Phoebe Liu et al.
2008Phoebe Prasad
2009Phoebe Xia et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Magnoliid
orderLauralesJussieu 1820
familyLauraceaeJussieu 1789
genusPhoebeNees 1836

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. Phoebe Nees 1836
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†Phoebe champarensis Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
†Phoebe elliptica Engelhardt 1891
†Phoebe pseudolanceolata Colani 1920
Phoebe sheareri Hemsley 1914
†Phoebe sublanceolata Bhattacharyya 1983
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 Graybullian to the top of the Neogene or 55.80000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Chile (Biobío) P. elliptica (152433)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Guizhou) P. sp. (223895)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) P. sublanceolata (225784)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. sp. 1 (11349 11489 11490) P. sp.1 (11364 11370 11395 11406)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina P. elliptica, P. lanceolata (32201)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) P. sp. (11537)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03China (Yunnan) P. parananmu, P. pseudolanceolata (223846)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) P. thuringiaca (25591)
Rupelian - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) P. maxervini (24314)
Rupelian - Tertiary33.9 - 2.58Germany (Brandenburg) P. boehlensis (24316)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Yunnan) P. sp., P. pseudolanceolata (223826)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Chile P. elliptica (32459)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Yunnan) P. megaphylla, P. sp., P. pseudolanceolata (223850)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Bihar) P. champarensis (223029)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Vietnam P. pseudolanceolata (224537)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) P. bohemica (28283 28284) P. bohemica, P. sp. (28280)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) P. pseudolanceolata (222698) P. yunnanensis (224406)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) P. sheareri (223913)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) P. lanceolata (224612 224613)