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Cupania

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Taxonomy
Cupania was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Cupania americana.

It was assigned to Sapindaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Cupania Linnaeus
1941Cupania MacGinitie
2008Cupania Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusCupania

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. Cupania Linnaeus 1753
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Cupania americana Linnaeus 1753
†Cupania grosseserrata Engelhardt 1891
†Cupania miocenica Prasad et al. 2004
†Cupania oregona Chaney and Sanborn 1933
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 Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Chile (Biobío) C. grosse-serrata (152433)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) C. lobata, C. subangulata, C. tumida, C. depressa, C. corrugata, C. grandis, C. inflata, C. pygmaea (22811)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina C. grosse-serrata, C. latifolioides, C. vernaliformis, C. patagonica, C. cordinii (32201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) C. oregona (23997 23998)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) C. sp. (169358)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Panama C. sp. (32394 32401)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) C. grosse-serrata, C. latifolioides, C. incerta (32098)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) C. miocenica (222797)