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Nyssaceae

Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
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YearName and author
1941Nyssaceae MacGinitie
1961Nyssaceae Chandler p. 274
1962Nyssaceae Chandler p. 120
1963Nyssaceae Chandler p. 123
1987Davidiaceae Wolfe and Wehr p. 21
2016Nyssaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group pp. 8, 19

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

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.

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G. Camptotheca Decaisne 1873
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†Camptotheca kyushuensis Suzuki 1975
G. †Davidoidea Johnson 1937
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†Davidoidea hebridica Johnson 1937
G. †Lucknowia Thiergart and Frantz 1963
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†Lucknowia sahnii Thiergart and Frantz 1963
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
G. †Nyssites Geyler 1887
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†Nyssites obovatus Weber 1851
G. †Nyssoidea Chandler 1962
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†Nyssoidea eocenica Chandler 1962
G. †Nyssoxylon Maedel 1959
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†Nyssoxylon japonicum Maedel 1959
G. †Palaeonyssa Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Palaeonyssa multilocularis Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Paleodavidia Miki 1956
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G. †Protonyssa Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Protonyssa bilocularis Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Pseudonyssa Kinkelin 1900
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†Pseudonyssa palmiformis Kinkelin 1900
Invalid names: Davidiaceae [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016Nyssaceae, included in Cornaceae in APG III (2009), have been shown by molecular studies (Xiang et al., 2011) to include Camptothecaceae, Davidiaceae and Mastixiaceae, which are sister to a clade comprising Hydrostachyaceae, Loasaceae and Hydrangeaceae. They are therefore widely separated from Cornaceae, and thus Nyssaceae need to be accepted.
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 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (176 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nyssa sp. (165562)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Nyssa borealis (57969)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Nyssa alata (58037)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Nyssa alata (39895 43413 43414 52824 52954) Nyssa alata, Nyssa obovata (39899)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Nyssa alata (40094 43252 43314 53606 53687 53841) Nyssa borealis (40934)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Oosani) Nyssa sylvatica (22826)
Tiffanian60.9 - 57.5USA (Wyoming) Nyssa alata (11361 11403)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Belgium N. species (32342)
Clarkforkian57.5 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Nyssa alata (11376 11386 11420)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) Nyssa alata (53070)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (22775)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Tsukada davidiifolia (227994)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Nyssa eocenica (22811) Nyssa sp., Palaeonyssa multilocularis, Nyssa bilocularis, Nyssa cooperi (22806) Nyssa sp., Palaeonyssa sp., Palaeonyssa multilocularis (21249) Nyssoidea eocenia (23398) Nyssoidea eocenica (23397)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) Nyssa kruschii (231931 231932 231933)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Nyssoidea eocenica (24106)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) Tsukada davidiifolia (11537)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Nyssa spatulata, Nyssa scottii, Nyssa sp. (21220)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Nyssa californica (23997 23998 24002)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) Nyssa disseminata (140304)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Nyssoidea eocenica (24109)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Nyssaceae indet. (221118)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan (Fukuoka) Camptotheca kyushuensis (224520)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Nyssa macrocarpa (22849)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Montana) Nyssa crenata (23793)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Puerto Rico Nyssa sp. (32282 32293 32294 32297 32299)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (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 - 23.04United Kingdom (England) Nyssa boveyana (27665)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Nyssa sp. (231836)
Rupelian - Tertiary33.9 - 2.58Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa disseminata (24308)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Nyssa ornithobroma (24179 26511)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (26748)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian 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)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Azerbaijan Nyssa sp. (116637)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (231708)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Germany (Sachsen) Nyssa disseminata (26765)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan Nyssa sp. (116623)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Omsk) Nyssa irtyshensis (23897)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Nyssa sibirica (23906 23907 23908)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98USA (Vermont) Nyssa sp. (22776)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Nyssa sp. (231834 231835)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Nyssa sp. (22820)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Nyssa sp. (231784 231798 231824 231825 231826)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Tamil Nadu) Lucknowia sahnii (224618)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Nyssa hesperia (35278)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Magnolia obovata (22796)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Bayern) Nyssa ornithobroma (28280 28281 28282 28284)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Azerbaijan Nyssa sp. (116629)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Nyssa copeana (23401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (23060 27378) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (23052 23062 23685)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (79793)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (27530 27547 27548 27553) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (27552)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Nyssa ornithobroma (27516)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Nyssa copeana (35412)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Nyssa ornithobroma (27515) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (27381)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (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 - 11.63USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (126605 187324)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Nyssa ornithobroma (22898)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Magnolia obovata (22755)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Nyssa disseminata (28056 28057 28114 28115 28118 28133) Nyssa ornithobroma (28053 28113) Nyssa ornithobroma, Nyssa disseminata (28046 28051 28055)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Nyssa disseminata (27925 27927)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 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 - 2.58Portugal Nyssa sp. (232112 232121 232125 232126 232144 232145 232146 232147 232148)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Nyssa disseminata (22771)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Nyssa disseminata (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine) Nyssa disseminata (28198)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Nyssa sp. (22712)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Nyssa ornithobroma (22780)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Nyssa sp. (61887)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Nyssa sp. (104698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Nyssa sylavtica (103991)