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Tribulus (puncture vine)
Taxonomy
Tribulus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Tribulus terrestris.
It was assigned to Zygophyllaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).
It was assigned to Zygophyllaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Tribulus Linnaeus |
| 1976 | Tribulus Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Tribulus Chauhan |
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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. Tribulus Linnaeus 1753 [puncture vine]
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Tribulus cistoides Linnaeus 1753
Tribulus lanuginosus Linnaeus 1753
Tribulus maximus Linnaeus 1753
Tribulus terrestris Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Tribulus sp. (22335) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Tanzania | Tribulus sp. (21975) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Tribulus sp. (228789) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Tribulus terrestris (228761) | |
| Calabrian | Tanzania | Tribulus sp. (22336 22337) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttar Pradesh) | Tribulus terrestris (228820) |