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Akania

Angiospermae - Brassicales - Akaniaceae

Taxonomy
Akania was named by Hook. It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Hook (1862).

It was assigned to Akaniaceae by Hook (1862) and Stiles et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Akania Hook p. 409
2020Akania Stiles et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderBrassicales
familyAkaniaceaeStapf 1912
genusAkaniaHook

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. †Akania Hook
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Akania americana Romero and Hickey 1976
Akania patagonica Gandolfo et al. 1988
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 Danian to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) A. sp. (133752 133753)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Middle Eocene58.7 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) A. americana, A. patagonica (140298)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) A. patagonica (133043 133045 133047 133054 133057 133065)