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Macaranga

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy
Macaranga was named by Thouars (1806). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Euphorbiaceae by Thouars (1806), Antal and Awasthi (1993), Prasad (2008), Khan et al. (2015); and to Acalypheae by Wilf et al. (2023).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Macaranga Thouars
1993Macaranga Antal and Awasthi
2008Macaranga Prasad
2015Macaranga Khan et al.
2023Macaranga Wilf et al. p. 8 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyEuphorbiaceae
genusMacarangaThouars 1806

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. Macaranga Thouars 1806
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Macaranga kirkjohnsonii Wilf et al. 2023
Macaranga siwalika Antal and Awasthi 1993
Macaranga tanarius Müller and Candolle 1886
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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Argentina (Chubut) M. kirkjohnsonii (133043 133045 133047)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) M. pugetensis (10643 22993)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) M. pugetensis (10744 22890 22901 22905 22965 22997 22998 23001)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (West Bengal) M. siwalika (223486)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774India (Arunachal Pradesh) M. denticulata (224427 224508)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) M. Mallotus (172833 172837 172855 172868 172870 172871 172873 172876 172877 172878 172881 172883)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168822 168890 168892 168918 168924) M. sp., M. tanarius (168819 168888 168889 168891 168893 168904)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania M. sp. (22337)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp., M. tanarius (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168749 168750 168752 168753) M. sp., M. tanarius (168747 168751 168754 168755 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168937)