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Myrsine

Angiospermae - Primulales - Myrsinaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Myrsine Linnaeus
1797Myrsine Batsch and Borkhausen
1914Myrsine Berry p. 61
1919Myrsine Knowlton
1991Myrsine Chauhan
2008Myrsine Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderPrimulales
familyMyrsinaceaeBrown
genusMyrsine

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. Myrsine Linnaeus 1753
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Myrsine africana Linnaeus 1753
Myrsine borealis Heer 1882
Myrsine capitellala Prasad 1994
Myrsine crassa Dietrich 1839
Myrsine crassula Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Myrsine crassa Lesquereux 1891 [replaced]
Myrsine gaudini Lesquereux 1892
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Invalid names: Myrsine elongata Hollick 1894 [synonym]
Myrsine laminarum Cockerell 1908
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Invalid names: Myrsine latifolia Lesquereux 1883 [replaced]
Myrsine latifolia Springe 1825
Myrsine oblongata Hollick 1895
Myrsine precapitellata Prasad and Pandey 2008
Myrsine semiserrata Wallich 1824
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) M. gaudini (210094)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) M. chaneyi (24463 24468 24473 24481 24484 24490)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) M. ciliatafolia (32009)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Uttarakhand) M. capitellala (222793)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal M. precapitellata (222975)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania M. sp. (22335)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Myrsine indet. (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168822 168888 168889)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) M. africana, M. semiserrata (224613) M. sp. (224751)