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Thuja
Taxonomy
Thuja was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cupressineae by Knowlton (1919); to Cupressaceae by Liu et al. (1996); and to Cupressoideae by Gadek et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Cupressineae by Knowlton (1919); to Cupressaceae by Liu et al. (1996); and to Cupressoideae by Gadek et al. (2000).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Thuja Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Thuja Knowlton |
| 1996 | Thuja Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Thuja Gadek et al. pp. 1048, 1056 |
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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. Thuja Linnaeus 1753
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†Thuja cretacea Heer 1882
†Thuja garmani Lesquereux 1872
†Thuja gracilis Newberry 1868
†Thuja interrupta Newberry 1868
Thuja occidentalis Linnaeus 1753
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 Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 66.00000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.7 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Montana) | T. interrupta (53688 53957) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | T. interrupta (53073) | |
| Paleocene | USA (North Dakota) | T. interrupta (58036 58085) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | T. interrupta (40277 53532) | |
| Paleocene | China (Heilongjiang) | T. cretacea (223817) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | T. interrupta (40578) T. interruptus (40938) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | T. sp. (179231) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | USA (Montana) | T. dimorpha (23972) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Montana) | T. dimorpha (23330) | |
| Miocene - Oligocene | USA (Montana) | T. dimorpha (23975) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | T. dimorpha (35278) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | T. nipponica (22789) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Gunma) | T. sp. (22786) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | T. dimorpha (27660) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | T. thuringiaca (22899 23611 23618) | |
| Early/Lower Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | T. dimorpha (27659 27661 27662) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Michigan) | T. sp. (70132) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | T. occidentalis (103991) |