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Sophora

Angiospermae - Rosales - Papilionaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Sophora Linnaeus
1919Sophora Knowlton
1926Sophora Knowlton
1996Sophora Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderRosales
familyPapilionaceaeGiseke
genusSophora

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. Sophora Linnaeus 1753
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Sophora alexanderi Knowlton 1926
Sophora alopecuroides Linnaeus 1753
Sophora claiborneana Berry 1918
Sophora genistoides Linnaeus 1753
Sophora henryensis Berry 1916
Sophora heptaphylla Linnaeus 1753
Sophora lesquereuxi Berry 1916
Sophora lupinoides Linnaeus 1753
Sophora mucronata Berry 1916
Sophora nervosa Knowlton 1918
Sophora palaelobifolia Berry 1916
Sophora puryearensis Berry 1916
Sophora repandifolia Berry 1916
Sophora spokanensis Knowlton 1926
Sophora tinctoria Linnaeus 1753
Sophora tomentosa Linnaeus 1753
Sophora wilcoxiana 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 Early/Lower Clarendonian or 56.00000 to 9.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) S. sp. (22815)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Dominican Republic (Azua) S. cookei (31228)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) S. wilcoxiana (98211)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) S. spatulata (24463 24481)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Shaanxi) S. sp. (223930)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Montana) S. spokanensis (23330)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63China (Yunnan) S. miojaponica (223826)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) S. marana (31279)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) S. marana (31273)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) S. marana (31280) S. salvadorana (31281)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) S. matanzana, S. yumuriensis, S. maranoides (32044)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela S. salvadorana (32006)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Idaho) S. alexanderi (224395) S. spokanensis (35278)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Washington) S. spokanensis (224390)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) S. sp. (224041)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) S. miojaponica (223803)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) S. spokanensis (27660)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (Nevada) S. spokanensis (27700)
Langhian - Messinian15.98 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) S. miojaponica (22742 22744)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333China (Xizang) S. sp. (224022)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) S. spokanensis (27661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) S. miojaponica (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) S. miojaponica (222695) S. miojaponica, S. paraflavescens (222698)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) S. hokiana (21227 21239 21258 21265)