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Nyssa (tupelo)
Taxonomy
Nyssa was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cornaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Nyssaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Chandler (1961), Srivastava (1991), Tiffney (1999) and Huang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Cornaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Nyssaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Chandler (1961), Srivastava (1991), Tiffney (1999) and Huang et al. (2023).
Species
N. acuticostata, N. aquatica, N. aquaticaformis, N. arctica, N. ascoidea, N. biflora, N. buddiana, N. californica, N. clarkii, N. complanata, N. cooperi, N. crassicostata, N. cuneata, N. curta, N. cylindrica, N. denveriana, N. disseminata, N. elongata, N. eolignitica, N. equicostata, N. europaea, N. excavata, N. gracilis, N. jonesii, N. laevigata, N. lamellosa, N. lanceolata, N. lescurii, N. microcarpa, N. multicostata, N. ovalis, N. ovata, N. racemosa, N. snowiana, N. solea, N. sylvatica, N. uniflora, N. vetusta (syn. Magnolia obovata), N. wilcoxiana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1753 | Nyssa Linnaeus |
1919 | Nyssa Knowlton |
1941 | Nyssa MacGinitie |
1961 | Nyssa Chandler p. 274 |
1991 | Nyssa Srivastava |
1999 | Nyssa Tiffney p. 145 |
2023 | Nyssa Huang et al. |
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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. 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 wilcoxiana Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
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 |
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Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Nyssa sp. (165562) | |
Paleocene | USA (North Dakota) | Nyssa alata (58037) | |
Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Nyssa borealis (57969) | |
Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Nyssa alata (39895 39899 43413 43414 52824 52954) | |
Paleocene | USA (Montana) | Nyssa alata (40094 43252 43314 53606 53687 53841) Nyssa borealis (40934) | |
Tertiary | Japan (Oosani) | Nyssa sylvatica (22826) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Nyssa alata (11361 11403) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Nyssa alata (11376 11386 11420) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Nyssa eocenica (22811) Nyssa sp. (21249) Nyssa sp., Nyssa cooperi (22806) | |
Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | Nyssa sp. (22775) | |
Eocene | USA (Missouri) | Nyssa kruschii (231931 231932 231933) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Nyssa alata (53070) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Nyssa spatulata, Nyssa scottii, Nyssa sp. (21220) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Nyssa californica (23997 23998 24002) | |
Middle Eocene | Germany (Hesse) | Nyssa disseminata (140304) | |
Rupelian | Russian Federation (Tiumensky) | Nyssa macrocarpa (22849) | |
Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Nyssa crenata (23793) | |
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | Nyssa sp. (32282 32293 32294 32297 32299) | |
Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (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 - Chattian | United Kingdom (England) | Nyssa boveyana (27665) | |
Oligocene - Miocene | USA (Maryland) | Nyssa sp. (231836) | |
Rupelian - Tertiary | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nyssa disseminata (24308) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Virginia) | Nyssa sp. (231708) | |
Chattian | Russian 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) | |
Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | Nyssa ornithobroma (24179 26511) | |
Chattian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nyssa ornithobroma (26748) | |
Chattian | Azerbaijan | Nyssa sp. (116637) | |
Chattian - Aquitanian | Germany (Sachsen) | Nyssa disseminata (26765) | |
Aquitanian | Azerbaijan | Nyssa sp. (116623) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Nyssa irtyshensis (23897) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Nyssa sibirica (23906 23907 23908) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian | USA (Vermont) | Nyssa sp. (22776) | |
Miocene | USA (Maryland) | Nyssa sp. (231834 231835) | |
Miocene | Japan (Aichi) | Nyssa sp. (22820) | |
Miocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Nyssa sp. (231784 231798 231824 231825 231826) | |
Miocene | USA (Idaho) | Nyssa hesperia (35278) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Magnolia obovata (22796) | |
Burdigalian | Germany (Bayern) | Nyssa ornithobroma (28280 28281 28282 28284) | |
Burdigalian | Azerbaijan | Nyssa sp. (116629) | |
Barstovian - Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Nyssa copeana (23401) | |
Langhian | USA (Virginia) | Nyssa sp. (79793) | |
Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nyssa ornithobroma (23060 27378) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (23052 23062 23685) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nyssa ornithobroma (27530 27547 27548 27553) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (27552) | |
Middle Miocene | USA (California) | Nyssa copeana (35412) | |
Middle Miocene | Germany (Brandenburg) | Nyssa ornithobroma (27516) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | Nyssa ornithobroma (27515) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (27381) | |
Serravallian | Germany (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) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | Nyssa ornithobroma (22898) | |
Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Nyssa sp. (126605 187324) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | Nyssa disseminata (27925 27927) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | Nyssa disseminata (28056 28057 28114 28115 28118 28133) Nyssa ornithobroma (28053 28113) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (28046 28051 28055) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | Magnolia obovata (22755) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Nyssa disseminata (21222) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Japan (Aichi) | Nyssa sp. (168063) | |
Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Nyssa disseminata (28134) | |
Pliocene | Portugal | Nyssa sp. (232112 232121 232125 232126 232144 232145 232146 232147 232148) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Nyssa disseminata (22771) | |
Piacenzian - Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Nyssa disseminata (28197) | |
Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | Nyssa sp. (22712) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine) | Nyssa disseminata (28198) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Nyssa ornithobroma (22780) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Nyssa sp. (61887) | |
Calabrian | USA (Virginia) | Nyssa sp. (104698) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Nyssa sylavtica (103991) |