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Karkeniaceae

Ginkgoopsida - Karkeniales - Karkeniaceae

Taxonomy
Karkeniaceae was named by Krassilov (1972). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Karkeniales by Doweld (2001); and to Ginkgoales by Retallack (1981), Meyen (1984) and Taylor et al. (2008).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Karkeniaceae Krassilov p. 41
1981Karkeniaceae Retallack
1984Karkeniaceae Meyen p. 89
2001Karkeniaceae Doweld
2008Karkeniaceae Taylor et al. p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
RankNameAuthor
orderKarkeniales
familyKarkeniaceaeKrassilov 1972
familyKarkeniaceaeKrassilov 1972

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. †Karkeniaceae Krassilov 1972
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G. †Karkenia Archangelsky 1965
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Karkenia fecunda Retallack 1981
Karkenia incurva Archangelsky 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available