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Chrysophyllum

Angiospermae - Ericales - Sapotaceae

Taxonomy
Chrysophyllum was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Chrysophyllum cainito.

It was assigned to Sapotaceae by Knowlton (1919), Prasad et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Chrysophyllum Linnaeus
1919Chrysophyllum Knowlton
2017Chrysophyllum Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familySapotaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusChrysophyllum

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. Chrysophyllum Linnaeus 1753
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Chrysophyllum bhairauvensis Prasad et al. 2017
Chrysophyllum cainito 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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Venezuela (Anzoategui) C. cainitoformis (31247)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene56.0 - 33.9Venezuela (Zulia) C. preoliviforme (31274)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) C. brevisulcatum (231931)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Puerto Rico C. sp. (32290 32293)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Haiti C. cahobasensis (31242)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) C. bhairauvensis (224500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) C. sp. (222695)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia C. crassum (32043)