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Primulales
Taxonomy
Primulales is an order.
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Knowlton (1919); and to Dilleniidae by Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Knowlton (1919); and to Dilleniidae by Mabberley (2000).
Subtaxa
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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.
Or. †Primulales
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Fm. †Myrsinaceae Brown
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G. Aegiceras Gärtner 1788
G. Ardisia Swartz 1788 [coralberry]
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†Ardisia antiqua Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
†Ardisia palaeosimplicifolia Prasad 1994
G. †Ardisiophyllum Geyler 1887
G. Maesa Forsskal 1775
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†Maesa zitteli Engelhardt 1907
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Invalid names: Ficus crenatifolia Engelhardt 1907 [synonym], Tetranthera lybica Engelhardt 1907 [synonym]
G. Myrsine Linnaeus 1753
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Myrsine africana Linnaeus 1753
†Myrsine borealis Heer 1882
†Myrsine capitellala Prasad 1994
Myrsine crassa Dietrich 1839
†Myrsine crassula Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Myrsine crassa Lesquereux 1891 [replaced]
Myrsine latifolia Springe 1825
†Myrsine oblongata Hollick 1895
†Myrsine precapitellata Prasad and Pandey 2008
Myrsine semiserrata Wallich 1824
Invalid names: Theophrastaceae Link [empty]
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 Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Collections (60 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Myrsine gaudini (210094) | |
| Paleogene | India (Maharashtra) | Ardisioxylon indicum (225724) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Texas) | Icacorea prepaniculata (98211) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Maesa nipponica (24466) Myrsine chaneyi (24463 24468 24473 24481 24484 24490) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina | Ardisia crassifolia (32201) | |
| Aquitanian | New Zealand | Ardisia sp. (50035) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Myrsine ciliatafolia (32009) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Myrsine capitellala (222793) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Nepal | Myrsine precapitellata (222975) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | India (Bihar) | Ardisia antiqua (223029) | |
| Middle Miocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Ardisia palaeosimplicifolia (222797) | |
| Middle Miocene | Taiwan | Ardisia sp. (223908) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Ardisia virens (222695) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Myrsine sp. (22335) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Myrsine indet. (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884) | |
| Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Maesa sp. (22117) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | Myrsine africana, Myrsine semiserrata (224613) Myrsine sp. (224751) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Maesa sp. (168890 168891 168892) Myrsine sp. (168822 168888) Myrsine sp., Maesa sp. (168889) | |
| Quaternary | India (Assam) | Ardisia sp. (228813 228814 228815 228817 228822) | |
| Calabrian - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Maesa sp. (22072) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Maesa sp. (168896) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Assam) | Ardisia sp. (228759) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Maesa sp. (168937) |