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Avicennia

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Verbenaceae

Taxonomy
Avicennia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Avicennia officinalis.

It was assigned to Acanthaceae by Linnaeus (1753); to Verbenaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Avicenniaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).

Species
A. eocenica, A. nitidaformis, A. officinalis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. miocenica, A. nitida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Avicennia Linnaeus
1919Avicennia Knowlton
1976Avicennia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Avicennia Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderLamiales
familyVerbenaceaeSaint-Hilaire 1805
genusAvicennia

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. Avicennia Linnaeus 1753
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†Avicennia eocenica Berry 1916
†Avicennia nitidaformis Berry 1916
Avicennia officinalis 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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 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
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) A. sp. (227698 227805)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04India A. sp. (212868)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Colombia (Santander) A. miocenica (32100)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Trinidad and Tobago A. nitida (31227)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Andhra Pradesh) A. sp. (228882)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Odisha) A. sp. (228885)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Gujarat) A. sp. (228851)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) A. sp. (228807 228808)