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Itea (sweetspire)

Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Iteaceae

Taxonomy
Itea was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Itea virginica.

It was assigned to Iteaceae by Linnaeus (1753), Chauhan (1991).

Species
I. virginica (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
I. europaea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Itea Linnaeus p. 1026
1991Itea Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superrosids
orderSaxifragales
familyIteaceaeAgardh 1858
genusItea

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. Itea Linnaeus 1753 [sweetspire]
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Itea virginica 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 Lutetian to the top of the Quaternary or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Itea sp. (11537)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Itea europaea (23060)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Itea europaea (23050 23054 23055 23056 23058 23059 23355 27524)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Itea sp. (228809)