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Canthium

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae

Taxonomy
Canthium was named by Lamarck (1783). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rubiaceae by Prasad (2008).

Species
C. siwalica
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. campylacanthum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1783Canthium Lamarck
2008Canthium Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderGentianales
familyRubiaceae
genusCanthiumLamarck 1783

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. Canthium Lamarck 1783
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†Canthium siwalica Prasad and Dwivedi 2007
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 Gelasian or 23.03000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal C. siwalica (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa C. sp. (22225 22226)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa C. campylacanthum (22092)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya C. sp. (21401 21461 21478)