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Styrax (storax)
Taxonomy
Styrax was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Styrax officinale.
It was assigned to Styracaceae by Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1962).
It was assigned to Styracaceae by Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1962).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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
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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
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 |
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| Tertiary | Venezuela (Anzoategui) | Styrax lehneri (31247) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | Styrax japonica (22819) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Styrax elegans (23398) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina | Styrax acuminatiformis, Styrax glandulifera (32201) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Styrax transversa (21389) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Styrax elegans (27663) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) | Styrax sp. (22844) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Styrax dravertii (22889 23114 23663 23888) Styrax sp. (23669) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | Styrax maximus (24183) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Styrax sp. (23906) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Styrax dravertii (23897) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Styrax lanceolata (31279) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Styrax acuminatiformis (32098) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Peru | Styrax lanceolata (32003) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Styrax preferrugineum (32009) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Ecuador | Styrax styracoides (32188) | |
| Miocene | Japan (Aichi) | Styrax japonica, Styrax rugosa, Styrax sp. (22820) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Trinidad and Tobago | Styrax lehneri (34149) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Styrax protoobassia (22789) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bayern) | Styrax dravertii (28280 28282 28283) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Nevada) | Styrax middlegatensis (27701) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Styrax maximus (23060) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Styrax maximus (27551 27552) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Styrax obovatus, Styrax officinalis (28442) | |
| Langhian - Messinian | Japan (Hirakata) | Styrax japonica (22740) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Styrax maximus (22899 23056 23058 23608 23652 23654) Styrax sp. (23661) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | Styrax maximus (22897) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | Styrax maximus (27381) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | Styrax protoobassia (22755) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Styrax sp. (222695) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | Styrax japonica (21225 21265) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | Styrax maximus (28046 28113 28131) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | Styrax maximus (27921) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Styrax maximus (21222) | |
| Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Styrax maximus (28134) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Styrax sp. (51757) | |
| Piacenzian - Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Styrax maximus (28197) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine) | Styrax maximus (28198) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Styrax maximus (22778) |