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Taiwanioideae

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Taiwanioideae is a subfamily. It is extant. Its type is Taiwania.

It was assigned to Cupressaceae by Gadek et al. (2000); and to Taxodiaceae by Ahuja and Neale (2002).

Subtaxa
Taiwania (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Taiwanioideae Gadek et al.
2002Taiwanioideae Ahuja and Neale p. 93 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyTaiwanioideae
subfamilyTaiwanioideae

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.

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G. Taiwania Hayata 1932
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Taiwania cryptomeriodes Hyata 1906 [Taiwan cryptomeria]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 56.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Taiwania japonica (24481)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Taiwania schaeferi (22899 23618)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Taiwania japonica (22755)