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Nyctaginaceae

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae

Taxonomy
Nyctaginaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chenopodiales by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919); and to Caryophyllales by Mabberley (2000), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Nyctaginaceae de Jussieu
1914Nyctaginaceae Berry p. 140
1919Nyctaginaceae Knowlton
2000Nyctaginaceae Mabberley
2016Nyctaginaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyNyctaginaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyNyctaginaceaede Jussieu 1789

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.

Fm. Nyctaginaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Boerhavia Linnaeus 1753 [spiderling]
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Boerhavia diandra Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia diffusa Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia erecta Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia repens Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia scandens Linnaeus 1753
G. †Nyctaginites Berry 1938
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G. Pisonia Linnaeus 1753 [birdcatcher tree]
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Pisonia aculeata Linnaeus 1753
†Pisonia claibornensis Berry 1914
†Pisonia cretacea Berry 1910
†Pisonia eolignitica Berry 1916
Pisonia mitis Linnaeus 1753
†Pisonia puryearensis Berry 1916
†Pisonia racemosa Lesquereux 1873
G. Quamoclidion Choisy 1849
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Quaternary or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Dominican Republic (Samana) Pisonia conditi (31231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Pisonia claibornensis (212698)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina Nyctaginites ellipticus (32201)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Pisonia ampliata (112580)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Pisonia branneri (32009 32010)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) Pisonia longifoliaformis (32044)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ecuador Pisonia witti (32188)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Haiti (Artibonite) Pisonia conditi (31241)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Pisonia sp. (224533)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia Pisonia pliocenica (32043)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) Boerhavia sp. (228812)