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Cornus (dogwood)
Taxonomy
Cornus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Cornus mas.
It was assigned to Cornoideae by Chandler (1962); and to Cornaceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Cornoideae by Chandler (1962); and to Cornaceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000).
Species
C. acuminata, C. canadensis, C. cecilensis, C. emmonsii, C. ettingshausenii, C. ferox, C. florida, C. forchhammeri, C. fosteri, C. glabrata, C. glandulosa, C. holmesii, C. hyperborea, C. impressa, C. incompletus, C. kelloggii, C. krassilovii, C. macrophylla, C. mas (type species), C. multilocularis, C. nebrascensis, C. neomexicana, C. obesus, C. orbifera, C. ovalis, C. praecox, C. quadrilocularis, C. rhamnifolia, C. sanguinea, C. studeri, C. suborbifera, C. suecica, C. swingii, C. tsuyazakiensis, C. wrightii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Cornus Linnaeus |
| 1899 | Cornus Knowlton |
| 1919 | Cornus Knowlton |
| 1941 | Cornus MacGinitie |
| 1959 | Cornus Brown p. 128 |
| 1962 | Cornus Chandler p. 129 |
| 1976 | Cornus Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Cornus Chauhan |
| 1996 | Cornus Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Cornus Mabberley |
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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. Cornus Linnaeus 1753 [dogwood]
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Cornus acuminata Weber 1852
Cornus canadensis Linnaeus 1753
†Cornus cecilensis Berry 1911
†Cornus emmonsii Ward 1885
†Cornus ettingshausenii Gardner 1883
†Cornus ferox Unger 1850
Cornus florida Linnaeus 1753
†Cornus forchhammeri Heer 1882
†Cornus fosteri Ward 1885
Cornus glabrata Bentham 1844
†Cornus glandulosa Chandler 1926
†Cornus holmesii Lesquereux 1873
†Cornus hyperborea Heer 1871
†Cornus impressa Lesquereux 1873
†Cornus incompletus Lesquereux 1868
†Cornus kelloggii Lesquereux 1878
†Cornus krassilovii Manchester et al. 2009
Cornus macrophylla Wallich 1820
Cornus mas Linnaeus 1753
†Cornus multilocularis Reid and Chandler 1933
†Cornus nebrascensis Schimper 1874
†Cornus neomexicana Knowlton 1917
†Cornus obesus Dawson 1893
†Cornus orbifera Heer 1853
†Cornus ovalis Lesquereux 1878
†Cornus praecox Lesquereux 1891
†Cornus quadrilocularis Chandler 1962
†Cornus rhamnifolia Weber 1852
Cornus sanguinea Linnaeus 1753
†Cornus studeri Heer 1859
†Cornus suborbifera Lesquereux 1878
Cornus suecica Linnaeus 1753
†Cornus swingii Manchester et al. 2009
†Cornus tsuyazakiensis Suzuki 1982
†Cornus wrightii Knowlton 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the 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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (119 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Cornus sp. (96781) | |
| Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus nebrascensis (14805) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Montana) | Cornus hyperborea (53945) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Cornus hyperborea (40061) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | Cornus hyperborea (40746 43253 53526 53600) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus hyperborea (40825 52868 57995 58000) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Gunma) | Cornus miowalteri (22768) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | Cornus megaphylla (22819) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus nebrascensis (11402) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus hyperborea (28632 28634 28635 28636 28637 28643 28644) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus hyperborea (28656 28670 129153 129224) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus hyperborea (11382 28647 28654 28665 28681 28688 28690 28692 28900 28903) Cornus hyperborea, Cornus nebrascensis (11352) Cornus nebrascensis (11420) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (North Dakota) | Cornus hyperborea (10805) Cornus sp. (21372) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Cornus quadrilocularis (23398) Dunstania multilocularis (21249 22741 22743 22800) Dunstania multilocularis, Dunstania ettingshauseni (22806) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Cornus sp. (179231) | |
| Graybullian | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus hyperborea (11490) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Cornus hyperborea (10965) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Dunstania glandulosa (24106) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | USA (Washington) | Cornus sp. (11537) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Cornus kelloggii (23996) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Cornus wrightii (35583) | |
| Middle Eocene | China (Jilin) | Cornus sp. (179213) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Cornus clarnensis (21220) | |
| Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Haiti | Cornus stenostomus (173456) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dunstania glandulosa (24109) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dunstania glandulosa, Cornus quadrilocularis (27663) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Oregon) | Cornus sp. (35221 35235 35269) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Japan (Fukuoka) | Cornus tsuyazakiensis (224520) | |
| Rupelian | Czechia | Cornus studeri (31643) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) | Cornus gorbunovii (22844) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Tiumensky) | Cornus gorbunovii (22849) | |
| Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Cornus ovalis (23793) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Cornus sp. (24982) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Cornus gorbunovii (23901 23905) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Cornus gorbunovii (22888 22889 23114 23663 23669 23673 23782 23888) Cornus gorbunovii, Cornus tertiaria (23891) Cornus sp. (22909) Cornus tertiaria (23781) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Montana) | Cornus ovalis (23330) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Cornus gorbunovii (23906 23907 23908) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | Cornus cornella (23973) | |
| Miocene | China (Hebei) | Cornus sanguinea (223818) | |
| Miocene | China (Zhejiang) | Cornus miowalteri (224041) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | Cornus ovalis (35278) | |
| Miocene | China (Xizang) | Cornus sp. (223821) | |
| Miocene | Switzerland (Zürich) | Cornus sp. (46324) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | Cornus miowalteri (22796) | |
| Neogene | China (Guangxi) | Cornus megaphylla (223942) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Cornus megaphylla, Cornus miowalteri (223803) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Cornus sp. (28443) Cornus sp. 1, Cornus sp. 2, Cornus controversa, Cornus alba, Cornus stolonifera, Cornus obliqua, Cornus mas (28442) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Cornus gorbunovii (24081) | |
| Middle Miocene | USA (California) | Cornus ovalis (35412) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Cornus gorbunovii (24079) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Nevada) | Cornus ovalis (27527) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Cornus gorbunovii (24286 24287) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | Cornus miowalteri, Cornus megaphylla (22755) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | Cornus bugloviana (27918 27919) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | Cornus bugloviana (28113) Cornus sp. (28053) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | Cornus miowalteri (21229 21239 21250 21258 21270) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Cornus mas (21222) | |
| Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Cornus controversa, Cornus sp., Cornus stolonifera, Cornus mas (28134) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | Cornus sp. (51756) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | China (Yunnan) | Cornus megaphylla (224402) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine) | Cornus stolonifera (28198) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | Cornus macrophylla (224614) Cornus sp. (224613) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Washington) | Cornus stolonifera (93677) |