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Xanthophyllum

Magnoliopsida - Xanthophyllaceae

Taxonomy
Xanthophyllum was named by Roxburgh (1820). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polygalaceae by Srivastava (1991); and to Xanthophyllaceae by Prasad (2008) and Prasad et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Xanthophyllum Roxburgh
1991Xanthophyllum Srivastava
2008Xanthophyllum Prasad
2017Xanthophyllum Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classMagnoliopsidaCronquist et al. 1996
RankNameAuthor
familyXanthophyllaceaeReveal and Hoogland
genusXanthophyllumRoxburgh 1820

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. Xanthophyllum Roxburgh 1820
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Xanthophyllum mioflavescens Antal and Prasad 1996
Xanthophyllum mioglaucum Prasad et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.58India (Tamil Nadu) X. cuddalorense (224633)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) X. mioglaucum (224493)