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Melicope

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Rutaceae

Taxonomy
Melicope was named by Forster and Forster (1775). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Rutaceae by Forster and Forster (1775).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. broadbentiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Melicope Forster and Forster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Malvids
orderSapindales
familyRutaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusMelicopeForster and Forster 1775

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. Melicope Forster and Forster 1775
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) M. broadbentiana (169006 169007 169237)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. broadbentiana (168890 168892 168893) M. broadbentiana, M. sp. (168888 168889 168891) M. sp. (168819 168822)