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Myristica

Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Myristicaceae

Taxonomy
Myristica was named by Gronovius.

It was assigned to Myristicaceae by McIver and Basinger (1993), Prasad (2008), Prasad et al. (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Cassara (authorized by H. Sims) on 2003-11-30; modified by J. Cassara on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Myristica McIver and Basinger
2008Myristica Prasad
2017Myristica Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
Magnoliids
orderMagnolialesJussieu 1820
familyMyristicaceaeBrown 1810
genusMyristicaGronovius

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.

G. †Myristica Gronovius
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Myristica palaeoglomerata Awasthi and Prasad 1990
Myristica siwalica Prasad et al. 2017
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: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) M. catahoulensis (34421 34425)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina M. fossilis (32201)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04India M. sp. (212868)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Nepal M. palaeoglomerata (222975)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Uttarakhand) M. siwalica (224495)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168937)