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Elaeocarpaceae
Taxonomy
Elaeocarpaceae was named by de Candolle (1816).
It was assigned to Violales by Mabberley (2000); and to Oxalidales by Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), Ruiz et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Violales by Mabberley (2000); and to Oxalidales by Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), Ruiz et al. (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Elaeocarpaceae de Candolle |
| 1979 | Echinocarpoxylon Trivedi and Srivastava |
| 2000 | Elaeocarpaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Elaeocarpaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Elaeocarpaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17 |
| 2025 | Elaeocarpaceae Ruiz et al. p. 5 |
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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.
Fm. †Elaeocarpaceae de Candolle 1816
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G. †Elaeocarpoxylon Prakash and Dayal 1964
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†Elaeocarpoxylon antiquum Prakash and Dayal 1964
†Elaeocarpoxylon ghughuense Wheeler et al. 2017
†Elaeocarpoxylon hailakandiense Prakash and Tripathi 1975
†Elaeocarpoxylon mandlaense Lakhanpal et al. 1978
†Elaeocarpoxylon mandlaensis Lakhanpal et al. 1978
†Elaeocarpoxylon mohgaonense Trivedi and Srivastava 1980
†Elaeocarpoxylon sloaneoides Petriella 1972
G. Elaeocarpus Linnaeus 1753
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†Elaeocarpus chitaleyi Nambudiri 1967
Elaeocarpus serratus Linnaeus 1753
G. Sloanea Linnaeus 1753 [bullwood]
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Sloanea dentata Linnaeus 1753
Sloanea emarginata Linnaeus 1753
†Sloanea messelensis Collinson et al. 2012
†Sloanea ungeri Manchester and Kvacek 2009
Invalid names: Echinocarpoxylon Trivedi and Srivastava 1979 [nomen nudum]
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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (72 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Elaeocarpus sp. (150274) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Elaeocarpoxylon sloaneoides (169852) | |
| Paleogene | India (Maharashtra) | Elaeocarpoxylon antiquum (224626) | |
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Elaeocarpoxylon mandlaensis (227846) Elaeocarpus chitaleyi, Echinocarpoxylon mohgaonense, Elaeocarpoxylon mohgaonense (224606) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | Elaeocarpus florinii (22819) | |
| Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene | Colombia | E. CJ43 (134746 134747 134748 134749) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Sloanea RR18 (28720 28721 28731 28737 28738 28910 28911) Sloanea sp. (28135) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming ) | Sloanea sp. (129152) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Sloanea RR18 (28744) | |
| Middle Eocene | Australia (South Australia) | Elaeocarpaceae indet. (167163) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (Victoria) | Elaeocarpaceae indet. (166980 167130) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Elaeocarpus sp. (166832) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Sloanea artocarpites, Sloanea olmediaefolia (68021) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Elaeocarpaceae indet. (169006) Elaeocarpaceae indet., Elaeocarpus sp. 1, Elaeocarpus sp. 2 (169007) Elaeocarpaceae indet., Sloanea sp. (169237) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Elaeocarpaceae indet. (166703) | |
| Aquitanian | New Zealand | Elaeocarpaceae indet. (50035) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | India (Assam) | Elaeocarpoxylon hailakandiense (224623) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Elaeocarpus indet. (172830 172833 172836 172837 172855 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172877 172878 172879 172881 172883 172884) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Elaeocarpus sp. (168904 168918 168924) Sloanea sp., Elaeocarpus sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Elaeocarpus sp. (228848 228849) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Elaeocarpus sp. (168896) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Elaeocarpus sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168755 168756) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Elaeocarpus sp. (168937) | |
| Holocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Elaeocarpus sp. (228788) |