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Styrax (storax)

Angiospermae - Ericales - Styracaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Styrax Linnaeus
1919Styrax Knowlton
1962Styrax Chandler p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyStyracaceaede Candolle and Sprengel 1821
genusStyrax

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. Styrax Linnaeus 1753 [storax]
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Styrax ambra Unger 1865
Styrax elegans Chandler 1926
Styrax laramiense Lesquereux 1888
Styrax officinale Linnaeus 1753
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 Bridgerian to the top of the Piacenzian or 51.10000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Venezuela (Anzoategui) Styrax lehneri (31247)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Styrax japonica (22819)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Styrax elegans (23398)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina Styrax acuminatiformis, Styrax glandulifera (32201)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Styrax transversa (21389)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Styrax elegans (27663)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Styrax sp. (22844)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Styrax dravertii (22889 23114 23663 23888) Styrax sp. (23669)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Styrax maximus (24183)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Styrax sp. (23906)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Omsk) Styrax dravertii (23897)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) Styrax lanceolata (31279)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Styrax acuminatiformis (32098)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Peru Styrax lanceolata (32003)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Styrax preferrugineum (32009)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ecuador Styrax styracoides (32188)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Styrax japonica, Styrax rugosa, Styrax sp. (22820)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Trinidad and Tobago Styrax lehneri (34149)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Styrax protoobassia (22789)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bayern) Styrax dravertii (28280 28282 28283)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Nevada) Styrax middlegatensis (27701)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Styrax maximus (23060)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Styrax maximus (27551 27552)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Styrax obovatus, Styrax officinalis (28442)
Langhian - Messinian15.98 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Styrax japonica (22740)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Styrax maximus (22899 23056 23058 23608 23652 23654) Styrax sp. (23661)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Styrax maximus (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Styrax maximus (27381)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Styrax protoobassia (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Styrax sp. (222695)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Styrax japonica (21225 21265)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Styrax maximus (28046 28113 28131)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Styrax maximus (27921)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Elsass) Styrax maximus (21222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Styrax maximus (28134)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Styrax sp. (51757)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Styrax maximus (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine) Styrax maximus (28198)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Styrax maximus (22778)