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Araucarioxylon carbonaceum

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Taxonomy
Pinites carbonaceus was named by Witham (1833). It is not extant. It is the type species of Araucarioxylon.

It was recombined as Araucarioxylon carbonaceum by Kraus (1870).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. keuperianum, A. mexicana, A. pichasquenis
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-01-31; modified by B. Allen on 2020-03-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pinites carbonaceus Witham
1870Araucarioxylon carbonaceum Kraus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
—Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
RankNameAuthor
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyAraucariaceaeHenckel and Hochstetter 1865
genusAraucarioxylonKraus 1870
speciescarbonaceum(Witham 1833)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available