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Taxonomy
Picea was named by Dietrich (1824). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gernandt et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Abietineae by Knowlton (1919); to Pinaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Shoshani et al. (1989), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996); and to Pinoideae by Gernandt et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Abietineae by Knowlton (1919); to Pinaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Shoshani et al. (1989), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996); and to Pinoideae by Gernandt et al. (2016).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1824 | Picea Dietrich p. 794 |
| 1919 | Picea Knowlton |
| 1976 | Picea Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1989 | Picea Shoshani et al. p. 434 |
| 1991 | Picea Chauhan |
| 1996 | Picea Liu et al. |
| 2016 | Picea Gernandt et al. |
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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.
G. Picea Dietrich 1824 [spruce]
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Picea alba Link 1842
†Picea albertensis Penhallow 1908
†Picea cliffwoodensis Berry 1906
†Picea columbiensis Penhallow 1907 [spruce]
†Picea harrimani Knowlton 1904
Picea mariana Miller 1768
†Picea quilchensis Penhallow 1908
Picea sitchensis Bongard 1832
Picea smithiana Wallich 1832 [morinda spruce]
†Picea tranquillensis Penhallow 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 168.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 165.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 165.3 Ma
Collections (165 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Bathonian | Russian Federation (Moskva) | Picea sp. (52961) | |
| Berriasian - Barremian | Russian Federation (Sakha) | Picea sp. (32313) | |
| Barremian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Picea sp. (212949 212979) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Picea sp. (52072) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Picea pinifructus (24415) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Idaho) | Picea lahontense (35347) | |
| Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Picea sp. (227994) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Picea columbiensis (228445) Picea sp. (179231) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Picea sp. (24481) | |
| Uintan | Canada (Nunavut) | Picea sp. (139662) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Picea lahontense, Picea magna (24209) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Russian Federation | Picea sp. (45429 45430) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Idaho) | Picea coloradensis (27569) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | USA (Montana) | Picea lahontensis, Picea magna (23972) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | USA (Maryland) | Picea sp. (231836) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | Picea beckii (24183 24533 24534 26264 26508 26509) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Picea sp. (23663 23669) | |
| Chattian | Azerbaijan | Picea sp. (116622 116637) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Virginia) | Picea spp. (231708) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | Picea magna (23975) | |