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Euonymus (spindle tree)

Angiospermae - Celastrales - Celastraceae

Taxonomy
Euonymus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Euonymus europaeus.

It was assigned to Celastraceae by Knowlton (1919), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Euonymus Linnaeus
1919Euonymus Knowlton
1991Euonymus Chauhan
1996Euonymus Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderCelastralesLink 1829
familyCelastraceaeBrown 1814
genusEuonymus

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. Euonymus Linnaeus 1753 [spindle tree]
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Euonymus americanus Linnaeus 1753
Euonymus europaeus Linnaeus 1753
Euonymus flexifolius Lesquereux 1883
Euonymus splendens Berry 1916
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Euonymus glanduliferus (98211)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Montana) Euonymus spp. (23793)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) Euonymus pacificus (23975)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Euonymus protobungeanus (223803)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Euonymus victoriae (23041)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Euonymus sp. (222695)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Jiangsu) Euonymus sp. (223932)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Euonymus sp. (228789)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Euonymus sp. (228848)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Euonymus sp. (228788)