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Taxeae

Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae

Taxonomy
Taxeae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Taxaceae by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Taxeae Knowlton
1926Taxeae Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
classPinopsidaBurnett 1833
RankNameAuthor
orderPinales
familyTaxaceae
subfamilyTaxeae
subfamilyTaxeae

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.

Subfm. Taxeae
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G. †Cephalotaxopsis Fontaine 1889
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Cephalotaxopsis brevifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Cephalotaxopsis microphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Cephalotaxopsis rhytidodes Ward 1905 [synonym]
Cephalotaxopsis ramosa Fontaine 1889
G. †Cephalotaxospermum Berry 1910
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G. Cephalotaxus Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
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Cephalotaxus coloradensis Knowlton 1916
G. †Protophyllocladus Berry 1903
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Protophyllocladus polymorphus Lesquereux 1859
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Invalid names: Thinnfeldia montana Knowlton 1898 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Thinnfeldia lesquereuxiana Heer 1882 [synonym]
G. †Taxites Brongniart 1828
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Taxites lanceolata Ganju 1947
Taxites langsdorfii Brongniart 1828
Taxites medius Tenison-Woods 1883
Taxites mehtae Goswami 1956
Taxites microphyllus Heer 1869
Taxites olriki Heer 1868
Taxites planus Feistmantel 1879
Taxites tournalii Brongniart 1828
G. Tumion Rafinesque 1840
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Tumion bonseri Knowlton 1926
Tumion carolinianum Berry 1908
Tumion densifolium Dawson 1882
Tumion dicksonioides Dawson 1882
Tumion falcatum Fontaine 1889
Tumion oblanceolatum Lesquereux 1883
Tumion virginicum Fontaine 1889
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 Artinskian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 290.10000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 272.3 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous - Permian358.9 - 252.17USA (Arizona) Taxites sp. (11999)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Taxites sp. (11150)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.1Mexico (Tamaulipas) Cephalotaxopsis carolinensis (24517)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Jurassic208.5 - 174.1Sweden (Scania) Thinnfeldia polymorpha (25046)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.3 - 174.1China (Shanxi) Taxites sp. 1 (29752)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Argentina (Neuquen) Taxites sp. 1 (29389)
Middle Jurassic174.1 - 163.5Russian Federation Taxites sp. 1 (30590)
Middle Jurassic174.1 - 163.5Kazakhstan Taxites sp. 1 (30243)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Georgia Taxites sp. 1 (30114)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France Protophyllocladus sp. (31327)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0China (Shandong) Cephalotaxopsis sp. 1 (29624)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Taxites planus (224604 224896)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0China (Jilin) Cephalotaxopsis sp. 1 (29546 29608 29674)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Japan Cephalotaxopsis sp. 1 (30200)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0China (Liaoning) Cephalotaxopsis sp. 1 (29564)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0India (Tamil Nadu) Taxites planus (224646)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0China (Heilongjiang) Cephalotaxopsis sp. 1 (29732 29733 29734 29991)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous163.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Taxites planus (224644)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation Cephalotaxopsis sp. 1 (30733 30815)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Protophyllocladus subintegrifolius (31384)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia (34837)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cephalotaxopsis magnifolia (32045 32047)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Greenland Protophyllocladus sp. (23435)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Alaska) Cephalotaxopsis sp. (33504)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9USA (Alaska) Cephalotaxopsis intermedia (34390 34621) Cephalotaxopsis sp. (33500 34619 34622 34623)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Russian Federation Cephalotaxopsis heterophylla (34772) Cephalotaxopsis heterophylla, Cephalotaxopsis intermedia (34628 34800) Cephalotaxopsis intermedia (34627 34771 34775 34788 34792 34793 34794 34796 34798 34799 34801 34803 34804)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Protophyllocladus subintegrifolius (31383)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (British Columbia) Cephalotaxopsis heterophylla (31905 32027 35070) Cephalotaxopsis heterophylla, Protophyllocladus polymorpha (35012)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Protophyllocladus polymorphia (35174 35184 35189 35193 35203 35207 35219)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Tumion carolinianum (28321)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Cephalotaxopsis heterophylla (35093) Protophyllocladus polymorpha (35083 35085)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Cephalotaxospermum carolinianum (212238) Protophyllocladus lobatus (210092)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Protophyllocladus subintegrifolius (27363)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Protophyllocladus subintegrifolius (27359 27360 27361 27365 27366 27368 27369 27370 27375)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Tenkinskii) Cephalotaxus sp. (105375)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Cephalotaxus bowerbanki (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Taxites olriki (112312 112316)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Cephalotaxus messelensis (24201)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Jilin) Cephalotaxus sp. (179213)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Wyoming) Taxites olriki (24088)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Taxites sp. (40268)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Cephalotaxus parvifolia (31643)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03China (Yunnan) Cephalotaxus sp. (223846)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03China (Guangxi) Cephalotaxus ningmingensis (222700)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Cephalotaxus harringtonia (24982)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Cephalotaxus europaea (24179) Cephalotaxus multiserialis (26750)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) Cephalotaxus harringtonia (26748) Cephalotaxus multiserialis (26515)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (sachsen) Cephalotaxus rhenana (27519)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Cephalotaxus multiserialis (27279)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Cephalotaxus fortunei (28442)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Cephalotaxus multiserialis (27278)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Cephalotaxus harringtonia (23611 23677) Cephalotaxus miocenica (27522) Cephalotaxus multiserialis (23056 23355 27013 27063 27512) Cephalotaxus sp. (23045 23618)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Cephalotaxus rhenana (21222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Cephalotaxus miocenica (28134)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Cephalotaxus multiserialis (22780)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kishiwada city) Cephalotaxus sp. (168070)