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Cleyera

Angiospermae - Ericales - Pentaphylacaceae

Taxonomy
Cleyera was named by Thunberg (1783). It is extant.

It was reranked as Eurya (Cleyera) by Chandler (1963).

It was assigned to Taonabeae by Chandler (1962); to Eurya by Chandler (1963); to Theaceae by Liu et al. (1996); and to Pentaphylacaceae by Collinson et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1783Cleyera Thunberg pp. 68-69
1962Cleyera Chandler p. 111
1963Eurya (Cleyera) Chandler p. 108
1996Cleyera Liu et al.
2012Cleyera Collinson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyPentaphylacaceaeEngler 1897
genusCleyeraThunberg 1783

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. Cleyera Thunberg 1783
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Cleyera obliqua Chandler 1962
Eurya (Cleyera) lentiformis Chandler 1963
Eurya (Cleyera) stigmosa Ludwig 1859
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: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. cooperi (21244) C. obliqua (23398)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. variabilis (27721)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) C. stigmosa (24106 24107 24108)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) C. grotei (21220)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) C. sp. (140304)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) C. sp., C. stigmosa, C. lentiformis (24109) C. variabilis, C. bartonensis (27778)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. stigmosa (27663)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) C. sp. (22776)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Taiwan) C. sp. (223908)