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Illicium

Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae

Taxonomy
Illicium was named by Linnaeus (1759). It is extant.

It was assigned to Magnoliaceae by Berry (1914) and Knowlton (1919); and to Illiciaceae by Andrews (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1759Illicium Linnaeus
1914Illicium Berry p. 44
1919Illicium Knowlton
1970Illicium Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Magnoliids
RankNameAuthor
orderMagnolialesJussieu 1820
familyMagnoliaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusIlliciumLinnaeus 1759

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. Illicium Linnaeus 1759
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Illicium deletoides Berry 1916
Illicium lignitum Lesquereux 1861
Illicium watereensis Berry 1914
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 Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 83.60000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) I. watereensis (210092)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) I. apollinis (22811)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) I. sp. (24922)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) I. sp. (22776)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) I. sp. (22796)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) I. weylandii (23054)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Kouwa-cho) I. religiosum (22827)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) I. weylandii (28134)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) I. weylandii (28171)