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Gleditsia

Angiospermae - Rosales

Taxonomy
Gleditsia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Gleditsia triacanthos.

It was assigned to Caesalpiniaceae by Knowlton (1919), Hueber (1983); and to Leguminosae by Liu et al. (1996).

Species
G. donensis, G. triacanthos (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. integra, G. knorrii, G. lottii, G. lyelliana, G. miosinensis, G. onodaensis, G. parajaponica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Gleditsia Linnaeus
1919Gleditsia Knowlton
1983Gleditsia Hueber p. 272
1996Gleditsia Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderRosales
subfamilyCaesalpiniaceae
genusGleditsia

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. Gleditsia Linnaeus 1753
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†Gleditsia donensis Penhallow 1907
Gleditsia triacanthos Linnaeus 1753
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 Wasatchian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 56.00000 to 11.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 51.1 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) G. RR29 (28741)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) G. onodaensis (24463 24481)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Idaho) G. lottii (27569)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63China (Yunnan) G. miosinensis (223826)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) G. lyelliana (46324)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) G. parajaponica (224041)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) G. miosinensis (22796)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) G. miosinensis (223803)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) G. knorrii (106002)
MN 5 - MN 7 + 815.98 - 11.1Switzerland (Aargau) G. sp. (46279)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) G. sp. (46239)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) G. miosinensis (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) G. integra (222698) G. miosinensis (222695)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) G. miosinensis (21239 21265)