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Excoecaria

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy
Excoecaria was named by Linnaeus (1759). It is extant.

It was assigned to Euphorbiaceae by Chauhan (1991), Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1759Excoecaria Linnaeus
1991Excoecaria Chauhan
2008Excoecaria Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyEuphorbiaceae
genusExcoecariaLinnaeus 1759

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. Excoecaria Linnaeus 1759
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Excoecaria agallocha Linnaeus 1759
†Excoecaria palaeocrenulata Awasthi and Prasad 1990
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 Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Nepal E. palaeocrenulata (222975)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) E. sp. (224677 228819)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Andhra Pradesh) E. sp. (228882)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) E. sp. (228793 228794 228810 228821)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) E. sp. (228807)