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Alangiaceae

Angiospermae - Cornales - Alangiaceae

Taxonomy
Alangiaceae was named by de Candolle.

It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961); and to Cornales by Mabberley (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Alangiaceae Chandler p. 272
2000Alangiaceae Mabberley

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

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. †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]
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 Ypresian to the top of the Neogene or 56.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Oosani) Alangium aequalifolium (22826)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Alangium jenkinsi (22806)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Alangium basiobliquum (24463 24464 24466)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Alangium eydei, Alangium rotundicarpum (21220)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Alangium thomae (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Alangium thomae (23330)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) Alangium sp. (22776)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Yunnan) Alangium aequalifolium (223826)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India (Maharashtra) Alangium sp. (227811)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58India (Tamil Nadu) Alangioxylon scalariforme (224633)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Alangium dubium (28284)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Taiwan) Alangium sp. (223908)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Alangium ovalicarpum (27064)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Alangium aequifolium (222698) Alangium chinensis (224406)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Nepal Alangium nepalensis (223318)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Alangium deutschmannii (21222)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Marlea begoniifolia (224614)