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Tristania (water gum)

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae

Taxonomy
Tristania was named by Brown (1812). It is extant.

It was assigned to Myrtaceae by Brown (1812) and Srivastava (1991).

Species
T. confertoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1812Tristania Brown
1991Tristania Srivastava

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyMyrtaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusTristaniaBrown 1812

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. Tristania Brown 1812 [water gum]
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†Tristania confertoides Bande et al. 1986
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 Paleogene or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Tristania confertoides (228260)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Tristania sp. 1, Tristania sp. 2 (169237) Tristania sp.1, Tristania sp.2 (169006)