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Dillenia

Angiospermae - Dilleniales - Dilleniaceae

Taxonomy
Dillenia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Dillenia indica.

It was assigned to Dilleniaceae by Salisbury (1806), Chauhan (1991), Antal and Awasthi (1993), Prasad (2008).

Species
D. indica (type species), D. palaeoindica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Dillenia Linnaeus
1806Dillenia Salisbury
1991Dillenia Chauhan
1993Dillenia Antal and Awasthi
2008Dillenia Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
orderDilleniales
familyDilleniaceaeSalisbury 1807
genusDillenia

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. Dillenia Linnaeus 1753
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Dillenia indica Linnaeus 1753
†Dillenia palaeoindica Prasad and Prakash 1984
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 Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Nepal D. palaeoindica (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (West Bengal) D. palaeoindica (223486)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (168891 168893 168904)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) D. sp. (228759)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) D. spp. (168747 168749 168750 168751)