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Alectryon

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Taxonomy
Alectryon was named by Gaertner (1788). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Sapindaceae by Gaertner (1788).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Alectryon Gaertner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAlectryonGaertner 1788

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. Alectryon Gaertner 1788
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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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97New Zealand (Southland) A. sp. (169981)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Alectryon indet. (172833 172836 172837 172867 172868 172871 172873 172874 172875 172878 172879 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (168819 168822)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.781 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (168896)