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Berchemia

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy
Berchemia was named by Necker and de Candolle (1825). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rhamnaceae by Necker and de Candolle (1825), Knowlton (1919), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Berchemia Necker and de Candolle
1919Berchemia Knowlton
1976Berchemia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Berchemia Chauhan
1991Berchemia Srivastava
1996Berchemia Liu et al.
2008Berchemia Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderRosales
familyRhamnaceaeJussieu 1789
genusBerchemiaNecker and de Candolle 1825

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. Berchemia Necker and de Candolle 1825
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Berchemia balugoloaensis Lakhanpal 1967
Berchemia floribunda Wallich 1826
Berchemia mellerae Collinson et al. 2012
Berchemia multinervis Heer 1868
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Invalid names: Berchemia parvifolia Lesquereux 1868 [synonym]
Berchemia nepalensis Prasad and Dwivedi 2008
Berchemia polyphylla Wallich 1875
Berchemia priscaformis Berry 1916
Berchemia siwalica Tripathi et al. 2002
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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 48.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.2 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) B. sp. (22815)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.588Japan (Oosani) B. racemosa (22826)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) B. sp. (223891)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Germany (Hesse) B. mellerae (140304)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) B. sp. (68021)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) B. huanoides (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Himachal Pradesh) B. balugoloaensis (227850)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) B. multinervis (46324 46325)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) B. huanoides (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal B. nepalensis, B. siwalica (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Himachal Pradesh) B. balugoloaensis (222792)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) B. sp. (106002)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) B. sp., B. yunnanensis, B. polyphylla (222695)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Kouwa-cho) B. racemosa (22827)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781China (Xinjiang) B. sp. (223915)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) B. yunnanensis (224402)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781India (Arunachal Pradesh) B. siwalica (224427)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Yunnan) B. sp. (223985)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) B. racemosa (223913)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) B. floribunda (224613)