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Agathis

Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae

Taxonomy
Agathis was named by Salisbury (1807). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Araucariaceae by Hill and Bigwood (1987), Escapa et al. (2018) and Stiles et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Agathis Salisbury
1987Agathis Hill and Bigwood
2018Agathis Escapa et al.
2020Agathis Stiles et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
superphylumTracheophyta
Pteridobiotina
superphylumPteridophytanae
phylumEquisetophytaScott 1900
RankNameAuthor
classEquisetopsidaAgardh 1825
subclassPinidae
familyAraucariaceaeHenckel and Hochstetter 1865
genusAgathisSalisbury 1807

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. Agathis Salisbury 1807
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Agathis berwickensis Pole et al. 1993
Agathis brevigongylodes Hill et al. 2008
Agathis kendrickii Hill and Merrifield 1993
Agathis tasmanica Hill and Bigwood 1987
Agathis vittatus Hill et al. 2008
Agathis zamunerae Wilf et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available