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Maesa

Angiospermae - Ericales - Primulaceae

Taxonomy
Maesa was named by Forsskal (1775). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Primulaceae by Forsskal (1775).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Maesa Forsskal

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyPrimulaceaeBorkhausen 1797
genusMaesaForsskal 1775

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. Maesa Forsskal 1775
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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: base of the Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) M. nipponica (24466)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168889 168890 168891 168892)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa M. sp. (22117)
Calabrian - Holocene1.8 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa M. sp. (22072)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168937)