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Cypselites

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

Taxonomy
Cypselites was named by Heer (1859). It is not extant. Its type is Cypselites neagelii.

It was assigned to Compositae by Andrews (1970); and to Apocynaceae by Collinson et al. (2012).

Species
C. neagelii (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. potosianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Cypselites Heer
1970Cypselites Andrews
2012Cypselites Collinson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderGentianales
familyApocynaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusCypselitesHeer 1859

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. †Cypselites Heer 1859
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†Cypselites neagelii Heer 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available