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Cordia

Angiospermae - Boraginales - Boraginaceae

Taxonomy
Cordia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Cordia myxa.

It was assigned to Caryophyllaceae by Reichenbach (1837); and to Boraginaceae by Knowlton (1919), Srivastava (1991).

Species
C. apiculata, C. eocenica, C. glabra, C. lowii, C. myxa (type species), C. sebestena, C. tiliaefolia
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. galeottiana, C. nagatoensis, C. prealba
Entered
by B. Allen on 2022-01-14; modified by B. Allen on 2024-05-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Cordia Linnaeus
1837Cordia Reichenbach
1919Cordia Knowlton
1991Cordia Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderBoraginales
familyBoraginaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusCordia

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. Cordia Linnaeus 1753
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†Cordia apiculata Hollick 1892
†Cordia eocenica Berry 1916
Cordia glabra Linnaeus 1753
†Cordia lowii Berry 1916
Cordia myxa Linnaeus 1753
Cordia sebestena Linnaeus 1753
†Cordia tiliaefolia Braun 1845
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 Cretaceous to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. apiculata (278785 278846)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. lowii (278639)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) C. nagatoensis (24463 24465 24472 24474 24477 24481 24484)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. prealba (23401)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) C. galeottiana, C. sebestena (152870)