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Casuarina

Angiospermae - Fagales - Casuarinaceae

Taxonomy
Casuarina was named by Linnaeus (1759). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Casuarinaceae by Linnaeus (1759), Knowlton (1919), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1759Casuarina Linnaeus
1919Casuarina Knowlton
1976Casuarina Lakhanpal et al.
1991Casuarina Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyCasuarinaceaeBrown 1814
genusCasuarinaLinnaeus 1759

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. Casuarina Linnaeus 1759
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†Casuarina covillei Ward 1895
†Casuarina palagonica Frenguelli 1943
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (166623)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand C. type (169164 169165 169166 169167 169168)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) C. palagonica (169747)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) C. sp., C. cainozoica, C. harrisii (166707)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Odisha) C. sp. (228913)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168754 168755 168756)