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Pterospermum

Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae

Taxonomy
Pterospermum was named by Arber (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Pterospermum anglicum.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970); and to Sterculiaceae by Antal and Awasthi (1993), Prasad (2008).

Species
P. anglicum (type species), P. palaeoheyneanum, P. siwalicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pterospermum Arber
1970Pterospermum Andrews
1993Pterospermum Antal and Awasthi
2008Pterospermum Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderMalvales
familySterculiaceaeVentenat 1807
genusPterospermumArber 1914

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. †Pterospermum Arber 1914
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†Pterospermum anglicum Arber 1914
†Pterospermum palaeoheyneanum Antal and Awasthi 1993
†Pterospermum siwalicum Antal and Prasad 1996
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 Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (West Bengal) P. palaeoheyneanum (223486)