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Toona

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae

Taxonomy
Toona was named by Roemer (1846). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Meliaceae by Roemer (1846), Chandler (1961), Liu et al. (1996), Prasad and Tripathi (2000) and Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Toona Roemer
1961Toona Chandler p. 203
1996Toona Liu et al.
2000Toona Prasad and Tripathi
2008Toona Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familyMeliaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusToonaRoemer 1846

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. Toona Roemer 1846
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Toona australis Harms 1896
Toona siwalica Awasthi and Lakhanpal 1990
Toona sulcata Bowerbank 1840
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 Ypresian to the top of the Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Cupressinites sulcatus, Solenostrobus sulcatus (22811) T. sulcata (21249)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal T. siwalica (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Bihar) T. siwalica (223029)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) T. bienensis (223803)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) T. siwalica (222797)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bhutan T. siwalica (223595)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) T. bienensis (222695)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) T. australis (168822 168888 168889 168890 168893)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) T. australis (168896)