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Koelreuteria (golden rain tree)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Taxonomy
Koelreuteria was named by Laxmann (1772). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sapindaceae by Brown (1959) and Liu et al. (1996).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1772Koelreuteria Laxmann pp. 561-562
1959Koelreuteria Brown p. 128
1996Koelreuteria Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusKoelreuteriaLaxmann 1772

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. Koelreuteria Laxmann 1772 [golden rain tree]
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Koelreuteria annosa Brown 1956
Koelreuteria bipinnata Franchet 1886
Koelreuteria dilcheri Wang et al. 2013
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 Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 89.80000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Koelreuteria prenigricans (35181 35186)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) Koelreuteria arnoldii, Koelreuteria dilcheri (147822)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Koelreuteria arnoldi (179231)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Koelreuteria viridifluminis (21389 28745 28746)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) Koelreuteria arnoldi (11537)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jilin) Koelreuteria sp. (179213)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Koelreuteria dilcheri (23996)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Koelreuteria microcarpa (223815)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Koelreuteria alleni (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Koelreuteria alleni (39839) Koelreuteria alleni, Koelreuteria sp. (39837 39849) Koelreuteria sp. (39851)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Koelreuteria arnoldi (24315)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Koelreuteria bipinnatoides (23330)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Koelreuteria arnoldi (23975)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Koelreuteria bipinnata (224533)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Koelreuteria macrocarpa, Koelreuteria miointegrifolia (223803)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Koelreuteria sp., Koelreuteria miointegrifoliola (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Koelreuteria sp. (222695 224413)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Shaanxi) Koelreuteria integrifoliola (223874)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781China (Xinjiang) Koelreuteria bipinnata (223915)