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Ostrya (hophornbeam)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Betulaceae

Taxonomy
Ostrya was named by Scopoli (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Betulaceae by Knowlton (1919), Brown (1959) and Liu et al. (1996).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Ostrya Scopoli p. 414
1919Ostrya Knowlton
1959Ostrya Brown p. 128
1996Ostrya Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyBetulaceae
genusOstrya

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. Ostrya Scopoli 1760 [hophornbeam]
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Ostrya virginiana Miller 1768
Ostrya walkeri Heer 1887
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Ostrya aizuana (22819)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) Ostrya oregoniana (35337)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Ostrya oregoniana (35237)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Ostrya atlantidis (31643)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Ostrya oregoniana (24315)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Ostrya szaferi (24185)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Ostrya japonica (23663 23669)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Ostrya oregoniana (23973)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Ostrya aizuana (22796)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58China (Jilin) Ostrya sp. (223933)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Ostrya uttoensis (223803)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Ostrya sp. (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Ostrya szaferi (23060)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (sachsen) Ostrya szaferi (27519)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Ostrya sp. (28443)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Nevada) Ostrya oregoniana (27700)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Ostrya japonica, Ostrya sp. (22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Ostrya szaferi (27381)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Ostrya szaferi (22899 23042 23355 23616 23618 27528)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Ostrya sp. (126605 187324)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Ostrya sp. (21239 21258 21265)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Ostrya carpinifolia (27923) Ostrya scholzii (28046 28051 28053 28113 28114 28115 28131)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Ostrya carpinifolia, Ostrya scholzii (27921) Ostrya scholzii (27922 27925 27927)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Ostrya scholzii (27928)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Ostrya aizuana, Ostrya japonica (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Ostrya carpinifolia (21222)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Ostrya szaferi (27277)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Ostrya carpinifolia (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Ostrya sp. (232121 232146 232148)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) Ostrya carpinifolia (28171)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Ostrya carpinifolia (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Ostrya szaferi (22778)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom Ostrya sp. (69541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Ostrya sp. (61887)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Ostrya japonica (224546)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Alpes Maritimes) Ostrya carpinifolia (50522)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Ostrya sp. (63219 63249 63397)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Michigan) Ostrya sp. (63402)