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Persea

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Persea Gaertner
1899Persea Knowlton
1919Persea Knowlton
1941Persea MacGinitie
1991Persea Srivastava
2000Persea Mabberley
2008Persea Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Magnoliid
orderLauralesJussieu 1820
familyLauraceaeJussieu 1789
genusPerseaGaertner 1805

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. Persea Gaertner 1805
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Persea borbonia Linnaeus 1825
Persea brossiana Lesquereux 1878
Persea coloradica Cockerell 1908
Persea dilleri Lesquereux 1888
Persea hayana Lesquereux 1891
Persea leconteana Lesquereux 1869
Persea longipetiolata Hollick 1899
Persea mycrophylla Mez 1892
Persea praelingue Sanborn 1935
Persea pseudocarolinensis Lesquereux 1878
Persea pubescens Pursh 1907
Persea punctulata Lesquereux 1888
Persea purniyagiriensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1978
Persea schimperi Lesquereux 1891
Persea speciosa Heer 1888
Persea sternbergii Lesquereux 1872
Persea valida Hollick 1906
Persea wilcoxiana Berry 1916
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 Campanian to the top of the Tertiary or 83.50000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) P. hayana (27357 27369 27370)
Puercan - Torrejonian66.0 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) P. brossiana (52936)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Mexico) P. brossiana (43214)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) P. brossiana (40775)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) P. brossiana (40061 52964 53084)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) P. brossiana (40741 43401 55856)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Chile (Biobío) P. sp. (152433)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Venezuela (Anzoategui) P. macrophylloides, P. preamericana (31247)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) P. thunbergii (22819)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) P. pseudocarolinensis (22993)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. coriacea (21389)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) P. pseudocarolinensis (24198)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) P. praelingue, P. pseudocarolinensis (23996 23997 23998) P. pseudocarolinensis (23995 23999 24000 24002 24012 24013)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) P. pseudocarolinensis (22906 22934 22965 22998 23001)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) P. florissantia (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) P. florissantia (39839 39851)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. microphylla (141997)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) P. fluviatilis (24923 24982 24983)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) P. sp. (22776)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) P. coriacea (31279)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia (Santander) P. coriacea (32102)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Peru P. macrophylloides (32003)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) P. sp. (31273)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) P. sp. (31277)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) P. princeps (46327)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) P. pseudocarolinensis (35278)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) P. princeps (46322)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago P. macrophylloides (34148) P. preamericana (34145)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Uttarakhand) P. purniyagiriensis (222808)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) P. sp. (22796)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117Brazil (Acre) P. amoneana (31670)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) P. fluviatilis (28280 28284)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) P. sp. (19206)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) P. princeps (46225)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) P. pseudocarolinensis (35412)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) P. sp. (22750 22753) P. thunbergii, P. sp. (22742 22744)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246USA (California) P. pseudocarolinensis (27342)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) P. princeps (46237 46239)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) P. thunbergii (21234 21238)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) P. sp. (22755)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) P. coalingensis (35271)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) P. sp. (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) P. coalingensis (35272)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) P. sp. (28171)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) P. sp. (28197)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Trinidad and Tobago P. americana (31227)