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Pomaceae

Angiospermae - Rosales - Pomaceae

Taxonomy
Pomaceae is a family. It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Rosales by Knowlton (1919).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Pomaceae Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderRosales
familyPomaceae
familyPomaceae

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. Amelanchier Medikus 1789 [shadbush]
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†Amelanchier alnifolia Nuttall 1911
†Amelanchier obovata Knowlton 1917
†Amelanchier peritula Cockerell 1908
†Amelanchier scudderi Cockerell 1906
†Amelanchier typica Lesquereux 1883
†Amelanchier whitei Hollick 1906
G. Crataegus Linnaeus 1753 [hawthorn]
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†Crataegus aceroides Lesquereux 1891
†Crataegus aequidentata Lesquereux 1878
†Crataegus antiqua Heer 1868
†Crataegus atavina Heer 1883
†Crataegus betulaefolia Lesquereux 1888
Crataegus crusgalli Linnaeus 1753
†Crataegus engelhardti Lesquereux 1888
†Crataegus holmesii Lesquereux 1887
†Crataegus imparilis Knowlton 1902
†Crataegus lacoei Lesquereux 1891
†Crataegus laurenciana Lesquereux 1891
†Crataegus marcouiana Lesquereux 1888
†Crataegus myricoides Lesquereux 1888
†Crataegus newberryi Cockerell 1907
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Invalid names: Crataegus flavescens Newberry 1882 [replaced]
Crataegus punctata Jacques 1770
†Crataegus tenuinervis Lesquereux 1891
†Crataegus tranquillensis Penhallow 1908
†Crataegus tulameensis Penhallow 1908
G. Malus Miller 1758
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†Malus coronarifolia Berry 1907
G. Sorbus Linnaeus 1753
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†Sorbus diversifolia Lesquereux 1883
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Invalid names: Crataegus acerifolia Lesquereux 1883 [synonym], Crataegus lesquereuxi Cockerell 1906 [synonym], Onoclea reducta Cockerell 1908 [synonym]
Sorbus folgneri Schneider 1906
†Sorbus megaphylla Cockerell 1908
†Sorbus nupta Cockerell 1910
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 Tiffanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.8 Ma

Collections (107 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Malus sp. (22819)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Crataegus sp. 1 (11333) Crataegus sp.1 (11362)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Crataegus sp. (179231)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Canada (British Columbia) Sorbus decorafolia (227791)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Amelanchier peritula (144782) Crataegus copeana, Crataegus hendersoni, Crataegus nupta, Crataegus sp., Malus florissantensis, Malus pseudocredneria, Amelanchier scudderi (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Shaanxi) Crataegus sp. (223930)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Crataegus copeana (39839 39849) Crataegus copeana, Crataegus nupta, Amelanchier scudderi (39837 39851)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Amelanchier covea, Crataegus merriamii (35235) Amelanchier grayi, Crataegus merriamii (35236 35237) Crataegus merriamii (35220 35221 35238) Crataegus merriamii, Malus sp. (35269)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Crataegus sp. (31643)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Amelanchier dignatus, Crataegus sp., Crataegus bakeri, Crataegus haynesii, Sorbus mcjannetii, Sorbus cassiana, Crataegus flavescens (27569)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03China (Yunnan) Sorbus sp. (223846)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Crataegus newberryi (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Sorbus harneyensis (23330)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Crataegus sp. (22907 23114 23669 23673)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Amelanchier couleeana, Amelanchier covea (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Crataegus sp. (23906 23907)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Yunnan) Sorbus hemsleyi, Sorbus sp. (223826)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Crataegus pacifica (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Amelanchier couleeana, Sorbus cassiana (35278)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Xizang) Sorbus aronioides (223821)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Inner Mongolia) Amelanchier sp. (223896)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) Crataegus sp. (224041)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Crataegus hokiensis, Malus sp., Sorbus hokiensis, Sorbus lesquereuxi, Sorbus palaeojaponica, Sorbus uzenensis (22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Amelanchier sibirica, Crataegus miocuneata, Malus parahupehensis (223803)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Crataegus sp., Sorbus herzogenrathensis, Sorbus meislii (28280) Sorbus herzogenrathensis (28283 28284) Sorbus herzogenrathensis, Sorbus meislii (28282)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Amelanchier desatoyana, Crataegus middlegatensis, Sorbus cassiana (27179) Amelanchier grayi, Sorbus idahoensis, Crataegus newberryi (27702) Crataegus middlegatensis, Crataegus pacifica, Sorbus idahoensis (27701)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Amelanchier apiculata (27660) Amelanchier nevadensis (27630)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Crataegus nupta (23401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Crataegus angusticarpa (23052) Crataegus nodulosa, Sorbus herzogenrathensis (23049)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Crataegus oxyacantha, Crataegus nodulosa, Crataegus pentagyna, Crataegus sp. (28442)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Nevada) Sorbus macjannetii (27700)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Crataegus pacifica (35412)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Sorbus palaeojaponica, Sorbus lesquereuxi (22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Amelanchier nevadensis, Crataegus gracilens, Sorbus cassiana (27629) Amelanchier nevadensis, Sorbus cassiana (27527 27626 27627)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Crataegus angusticarpa (22898)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Crataegus nodulosa, Sorbus herzogenrathensis (27381)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Crataegus angusticarpa (23056 23652) Crataegus nodulosa (22899 23355 23616 27013) Crataegus prunoidea (27512) Crataegus sp. (23041 27514) Sorbus alnoidea (27379) Sorbus herzogenrathensis (23054)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Amelanchier apiculata (27659 27662)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Crataegus nodulosa, Crataegus sp., Sorbus aria (27921) Crataegus sp., Sorbus aria (27925) Sorbus herzogenrathensis (27918 27919 28044)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Malus sp. (21265) Sorbus lesquereuxi (21229 21262)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Crataegus acuticarpa (28051) Crataegus angusticarpa (28114 28115) Crataegus angusticarpa, Crataegus jonkeri (28113) Crataegus angusticarpa, Crataegus jonkeri, Crataegus sp. 1, Crataegus sp. 2 (28053) Crataegus nodulosa (27923) Sorbus aria (28046)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Sorbus herzogenrathensis (27928)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Xizang) Crataegus sp. (223820)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Sorbus sp., Sorbus folgneri (222695)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Crataegus sp. (24286)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Sorbus lesquereuxi, Sorbus palaeojaponica, Sorbus uzenensis (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Crataegus guinieri, Crataegus pentagyna, Sorbus torminalis (21222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Crataegus jonkeri, Crataegus nodulosa, Crataegus sp., Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Nevada) Amelanchier alvordensis (35922)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Sichuan) Sorbus sp. (223909)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) Sorbus aria (28171)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus mollis, Crataegus sp., Sorbus aria, Sorbus expansa (28197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Shaanxi) Amelanchier wongi (223875)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Sichuan) Sorbus gracilinervosus (223906)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Piemonte) Crataegus azarolus (27023)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Crataegus oxyacantha (22778)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) Crataegus jonkeri, Crataegus sp., Sorbus aucuparia (28198)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Sorbus commixta (224546)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Amelanchier sp. (79630)