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Woodfordia

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Lythraceae

Taxonomy
Woodfordia was named by Salisbury. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lythraceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991) and Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Woodfordia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Woodfordia Chauhan
2008Woodfordia Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyLythraceaeSaint-Hilaire 1805
genusWoodfordiaSalisbury

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. Woodfordia Salisbury
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Woodfordia fruticosa Linnaeus 1758
Woodfordia neofruticosa Prasad 1994
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 Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal W. neofruticosa (222898)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) W. fruticosa (224612)