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Zanthoxylum (prickly ash)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Zanthoxylum Linnaeus
1789Zanthoxylum Jussieu
1919Zanthoxylum Knowlton
1987Zanthoxylum Jacobs and Kabuye p. 150 figs. Table 1
1996Zanthoxylum Liu et al.
2008Zanthoxylum Prasad
2016Zanthoxylum Zhu and Zhou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familyRutaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusZanthoxylum

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. Zanthoxylum Linnaeus 1753 [prickly ash]
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Zanthoxylum avicennae de Candolle 1824
Zanthoxylum dubium Lesquereux 1871
Zanthoxylum siwalicum Prasad and Awasthi 1996
Zanthoxylum trachyspermum Zhu and Zhou 2016
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 Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Zanthoxylum sp. (21244)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Henan) Zanthoxylum sp. (223894)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Zanthoxylum sp. (237755)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Zanthoxylum hordwellense, Zanthoxylum compressum (27663)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Puerto Rico Zanthoxylum sp. (32293 32299)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) Zanthoxylum hordwellense (25001 25591)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98USA (Vermont) Zanthoxylum sp. (22776)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Nepal Zanthoxylum siwalicum (222975)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bayern) Zanthoxylum ailanthiforme, Zanthoxylum giganteum (28280) Zanthoxylum ailanthiforme, Zanthoxylum giganteum, Zanthoxylum tiffneyi (28282) Zanthoxylum giganteum (28283 28284)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Zanthoxylum prunifolium (223803)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya Zanthoxylum sp. (22266)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Zanthoxylum sp. (222695)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Zanthoxylum ailanthiforme (28046)
Baodean11.1 - 5.09China (Yunnan) Zanthoxylum trachyspermum (183982)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Inner Mongolia) Zanthoxylum sp. (223911)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Zanthoxylum avicennae (224476) Zanthoxylum sp. (224540)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Zanthoxylum sp. (168819 168888 168889)