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Ligustrum (privet)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae

Taxonomy
Ligustrum was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Ligustrum vulgare.

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

Species
L. subtile, L. turaense, L. vulgare (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. lincangensis, L. oblongatum

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderLamiales
familyOleaceae
genusLigustrum

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. Ligustrum Linnaeus 1753 [privet]
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†Ligustrum subtile Hollick 1912
†Ligustrum turaense Bhattacharyya 1983
Ligustrum vulgare Linnaeus 1753
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 Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Ligustrum sp. (22815)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Meghalaya) Ligustrum turaense (225784)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Ligustrum oblongatum (24463 24481)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Ligustrum sp. (22789 22796)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Ligustrum sp. (28443)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Ligustrum lincangensis (222695)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Ligustrum sp. (21239)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Ligustrum sp. (228788)