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Amelanchier (shadbush)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Pomaceae

Taxonomy
Amelanchier was named by Medikus (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pomaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Rosaceae by Brown (1959) and Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Amelanchier Medikus
1919Amelanchier Knowlton
1959Amelanchier Brown p. 128
1996Amelanchier Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderRosales
familyPomaceae
genusAmelanchierMedikus 1789

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. Amelanchier Medikus 1789 [shadbush]
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Amelanchier alnifolia Nuttall 1911
Amelanchier obovata Knowlton 1917
Amelanchier peritula Cockerell 1908
Amelanchier scudderi Cockerell 1906
Amelanchier typica Lesquereux 1883
Amelanchier whitei Hollick 1906
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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Amelanchier peritula (144782) Amelanchier scudderi (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Amelanchier scudderi (39837 39851)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Amelanchier covea (35235) Amelanchier grayi (35236 35237)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Amelanchier dignatus (27569)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Amelanchier couleeana, Amelanchier covea (23975)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Amelanchier couleeana (35278)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Inner Mongolia) Amelanchier sp. (223896)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Amelanchier sibirica (223803)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Amelanchier desatoyana (27179) Amelanchier grayi (27702)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nevada) Amelanchier apiculata (27660) Amelanchier nevadensis (27630)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Amelanchier nevadensis (27527 27626 27627 27629)
Early/Lower Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nevada) Amelanchier apiculata (27659 27662)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Nevada) Amelanchier alvordensis (35922)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Shaanxi) Amelanchier wongi (223875)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Amelanchier sp. (79630)