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Cornales

Angiospermae - Cornales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Cornales Link
1993Cornales McIver and Basinger
2008Cornales Taylor et al. p. 1030
2011Cornales Jud
2016Cornales The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

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

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. Cornales Link 1829
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Fm. †Alangiaceae de Candolle
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G. †Alangioxylon Awasthi 1969
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†Alangioxylon scalariforme Awasthi 1969
G. Alangium Lamarck 1783
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†Alangium jenkinsi Chandler 1961
†Alangium nepalensis Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999
Invalid names: Marlea Roxburgh 1820 [synonym]
Fm. †Cornaceae Dumortier 1825
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G. †Alangiophyllum Potbury 1935
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G. †Cornophyllum Newberry 1895
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†Cornophyllum obtusatum Berry 1919
†Cornophyllum vetustum Newberry 1895
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
G. Dendrobenthamia Hutchinson 1942
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G. †Diplomastixia Kirchheimer 1934
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†Diplomastixia carinata Kirchheimer 1934
G. Dunstania Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Dunstania lakensis Chandler 1962
G. †Eomastixia Chandler 1926
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†Eomastixia bilocularis Chandler 1926
†Eomastixia rugosa Zenker 1833
†Eomastixia rugosus Zenker 1833
†Eomastixia urceolata Chandler 1962
G. †Ganitrocera Kirchheimer 1934
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†Ganitrocera holzapfeli Kirchheimer 1934
G. †Hartzia Nikitin 1965
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†Hartzia rosenkjari Hartz 1965
G. †Lanfrancia Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Lanfrancia subglobosa Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Langtonia Reid and Chandler 1933
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†Langtonia bisulcata Reid and Chandler 1933
G. †Mastixicarpum Chandler 1926
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†Mastixicarpum crassum Chandler 1926
G. †Mastixioidiocarpum Scott 1954
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G. †Muzquizoxylon Estrada-Ruiz et al. 2010
G. †Nyssidium Heer 1870
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†Nyssidium ekmani Heer 1870
G. †Platymastixia Kirchheimer 1934
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†Platymastixia cacaoides Zenker 1934
G. †Plexiplica Kirchheimer 1935
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†Plexiplica reidi Kirchheimer 1935
G. †Portnallia Chandler 1961
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†Portnallia bognorensis Chandler 1961
†Portnallia sheppeyensis Chandler 1961
G. †Retinomastixia Kirchheimer 1938
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†Retinomastixia schultei Kirchheimer 1938
G. †Tectocarya Kirchheimer 1934
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†Tectocarya lusatica Kirchheimer 1934
G. †Xylomastixia Kirchheimer 1938
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†Xylomastixia lusatica Kirchheimer 1938
Invalid names: Cornaceophyllum Karanjekar 1985 [nomen nudum], Cornoideae [empty], Mastixioideae [empty]
Fm. †Hydrangeaceae Dumortier 1829
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G. †Carpenterianthus Borsuk 1935
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Fm. Loasaceae de Candolle 1804
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G. Huidobria Gay 1847
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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]
Invalid names: Curtisiaceae Takhtajan 1987 [empty], Grubbiaceae Endlicher 1841 [empty], Hydrostachyaceae Engler 1894 [empty]
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 Lancian 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 (367 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cornophyllum wardii (34971)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico Muzquizoxylon porrasii (116348)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cornophyllum newberryi (25414 25421 25422 25437 25445 25448 25465 25468 25473 25474 25475 25476 25498 25920 48216 48268 48269 48270 48271)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cornophyllum wardii (34921)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nyssa sp. (165562)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cornus sp. (96781)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Wyoming) Cornus nebrascensis (14805)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (North Dakota) Cornophyllum newberryi (24973 25007 25026 25420 25423 25426 25427 25440 25446 25449 25453 25454 25455 25457 25458 25459 25464 25466 25467 25469 25470 48177 48178 48179 48180)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) Cornus hyperborea (53945)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) Cornophyllum newberryi (129230)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Cornus hyperborea (40825 52868 57995 58000) Nyssa borealis (57969)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Cornus hyperborea (40746 43253 53526 53600) Nyssa alata (40094 43252 43314 53606 53687 53841) Nyssa borealis (40934)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Cornus hyperborea (40061) Nyssa alata (39895 43413 43414 52824 52954) Nyssa alata, Nyssa obovata (39899)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Nyssa alata (58037)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Cornophyllum newberryi (34420 34421 34422 34426 34428)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Cornaceophyllum intertrappea (224606)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Cornus megaphylla (22819)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Gunma) Cornus miowalteri (22768)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Oosani) Alangium aequalifolium, Nyssa sylvatica (22826)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Cornus nebrascensis (11402)