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Vacciniaceae

Angiospermae - Ericales - Vacciniaceae

Taxonomy
Vacciniaceae is a family. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Vacciniaceae Knowlton
1926Vacciniaceae Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyVacciniaceae
familyVacciniaceae

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. Oxycoccus Hill 1758
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Oxycoccus palustris Persoon 1805
G. Vaccinium Linnaeus 1753
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†Vaccinium alaskanum Knowlton 1904
Vaccinium arboreum Marshall 1785
†Vaccinium coloradense Lesquereux 1887
Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus 1753
†Vaccinium friesii Heer 1869
†Vaccinium hollicki Knowlton 1919
†Vaccinium salicoides Knowlton 1926
†Vaccinium spathulata Berry 1907
†Vaccinium textum Heer 1916
Vaccinium uliginosum Linnaeus 1753
G. †Vaccinophyllum Dawson 1890
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†Vaccinophyllum quaestum Dawson 1890
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 Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Vaccinium sp. (22819)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Vaccinophyllum quaestum (121046)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Vaccinium sophoroides (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Vaccinium sibiricum (23906)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Vaccinium salicoides (224395) Vaccinium sonomensis (35278)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Vaccinium sophoroides (27179)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Vaccinium minutulum (23049)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Vaccinium sophoroides (27525 27629)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Vaccinium minutulum (23059 27013) Vaccinium miocenicum (23611) Vaccinium segmentosum (23054) Vaccinium segmentosum, Vaccinium minutulum (23056)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Vaccinium miocenicum (27923 28113)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Vaccinium sp.1 (24317) Vaccinium sp.2 (24098)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) Vaccinium sp. (123352)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (Potosi) Vaccinium pontzuelum (32143)