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Nyssa (tupelo)

Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Nyssa Linnaeus
1919Nyssa Knowlton
1941Nyssa MacGinitie
1961Nyssa Chandler p. 274
1991Nyssa Srivastava
1999Nyssa Tiffney p. 145
2023Nyssa Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
RankNameAuthor
Superasterids
Asterids
orderCornalesLink 1829
familyNyssaceae
genusNyssa

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. Nyssa Linnaeus 1753 [tupelo]
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Nyssa acuticostata Perkins 1906
Nyssa aquatica Linnaeus 1753
Nyssa aquaticaformis Berry 1916
Nyssa arctica Heer 1869
Nyssa ascoidea Perkins 1904
Nyssa biflora Walter 1788
Nyssa buddiana Ward 1885
Nyssa californica MacGinitie 1941
Nyssa clarkii Perkins 1904
Nyssa complanata Lesquereux 1861
Nyssa cooperi Chandler 1961
Nyssa crassicostata Perkins 1904
Nyssa cuneata Newberry 1863
Nyssa curta Perkins 1904
Nyssa cylindrica Perkins 1904
Nyssa denveriana Knowlton 1919
Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937
Nyssa elongata Perkins 1904
Nyssa eolignitica Berry 1916
Nyssa equicostata Perkins 1904
Nyssa europaea Unger 1845
Nyssa excavata Perkins 1904
Nyssa gracilis Berry 1909
Nyssa jonesii Perkins 1904
Nyssa laevigata Lesquereux 1861
Nyssa lamellosa Perkins 1904
Nyssa lanceolata Lesquereux 1872
Nyssa lescurii Hitchcock 1862
Nyssa microcarpa Lesquereux 1861
Nyssa multicostata Perkins 1904
Nyssa ovalis Perkins 1906
Nyssa ovata Perkins 1904
Nyssa racemosa Knowlton 1898
Nyssa snowiana Lesquereux 1891
Nyssa solea Perkins 1904
Nyssa sylvatica Marshall 1785
Nyssa uniflora Walter 1788
Nyssa vetusta Newberry 1868
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Invalid names: Magnolia obovata Newberry 1868 [synonym]
Nyssa 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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (166 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nyssa sp. (165562)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Nyssa alata (58037)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Nyssa borealis (57969)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Nyssa alata (39895 39899 43413 43414 52824 52954)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Nyssa alata (40094 43252 43314 53606 53687 53841) Nyssa borealis (40934)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Oosani) Nyssa sylvatica (22826)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Nyssa alata (11361 11403)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Nyssa alata (11376 11386 11420)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Nyssa eocenica (22811) Nyssa sp. (21249) Nyssa sp., Nyssa cooperi (22806)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (22775)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) Nyssa kruschii (231931 231932 231933)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Nyssa alata (53070)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Nyssa spatulata, Nyssa scottii, Nyssa sp. (21220)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Nyssa californica (23997 23998 24002)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) Nyssa disseminata (140304)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Nyssa macrocarpa (22849)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Montana) Nyssa crenata (23793)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico Nyssa sp. (32282 32293 32294 32297 32299)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Nyssa boveyana (24978 24983 25001 25002 25575 25578 25581 25588) Nyssa boveyana, Nyssa altenburgensis, Nyssa disseminata (24922) Nyssa boveyana, Nyssa ornithobroma (24925) Nyssa disseminata (24977)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03United Kingdom (England) Nyssa boveyana (27665)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Nyssa sp. (231836)
Rupelian - Tertiary33.9 - 2.58Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa disseminata (24308)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (231708)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Nyssa macrocarpa (23673) Nyssa sibirica (23663 23669 23891) Nyssa sibirica, Nyssa macrocarpa (22889 23888) Nyssa sibirica, Nyssa macrocarpa, Nyssa pachycarpa, Magnolia obovata (23114)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Nyssa ornithobroma (24179 26511)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (26748)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Nyssa sp. (116637)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Germany (Sachsen) Nyssa disseminata (26765)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Nyssa sp. (116623)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Omsk) Nyssa irtyshensis (23897)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Nyssa sibirica (23906 23907 23908)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) Nyssa sp. (22776)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Nyssa sp. (231834 231835)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Nyssa sp. (22820)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Nyssa sp. (231784 231798 231824 231825 231826)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Nyssa hesperia (35278)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Magnolia obovata (22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Nyssa ornithobroma (28280 28281 28282 28284)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan Nyssa sp. (116629)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Nyssa copeana (23401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (23060 27378) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (23052 23062 23685)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (27530 27547 27548 27553) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (27552)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Nyssa copeana (35412)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (27516)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Nyssa ornithobroma (27515) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (27381)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa disseminata (23608) Nyssa ornithobroma (22899 23045 23054 23348 23355 23598 23609 23610 23616 23618 23652 23654 23666 23677 27523 27524 27528) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (23055 23056 23058 23661 27011)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Nyssa ornithobroma (22898)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (126605 187324)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Nyssa disseminata (27925 27927)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Nyssa disseminata (28056 28057 28114 28115 28118 28133) Nyssa ornithobroma (28053 28113) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (28046 28051 28055)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Magnolia obovata (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Nyssa disseminata (21222)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Aichi) Nyssa sp. (168063)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Nyssa disseminata (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Nyssa sp. (232112 232121 232125 232126 232144 232145 232146 232147 232148)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Nyssa disseminata (22771)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Nyssa disseminata (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Nyssa sp. (22712)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) Nyssa disseminata (28198)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Nyssa ornithobroma (22780)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Nyssa sp. (61887)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (104698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Nyssa sylavtica (103991)