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Leucopogon

Angiospermae - Ericales - Epacridaceae

Taxonomy
Leucopogon was named by Brown (1810). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Ericaceae by Brown (1810); to Styphelieae by Chandler (1961); and to Epacridaceae by Chandler (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Leucopogon Brown
1961Leucopogon Chandler p. 289
1963Leucopogon Chandler p. 129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyEpacridaceaeBrown
genusLeucopogonBrown 1810

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. Leucopogon Brown 1810
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†Leucopogon quadrilocularis Reid and Chandler 1933
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 Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) L. quadrilocularis (21249 22804 22806)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (24109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Leucopogon indet. (172832 172833 172837 172867 172870 172873 172874 172876 172877 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883)