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Cercidoideae

Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae

Taxonomy
Cercidoideae was named by Azani et al. (2017). It is extant.

It was assigned to Fabaceae by Wang and Sun (2022).

Subtaxa
Cercis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Cercidoideae Azani et al.
2022Cercidoideae Wang and Sun

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFabalesBromhead 1838
familyFabaceaeLindley 1836
subfamilyCercidoideaeAzani et al. 2017
subfamilyCercidoideaeAzani et al. 2017

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. Cercidoideae Azani et al. 2017
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G. Cercis Linnaeus 1753 [redbud]
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†Cercis borealis Newberry 1882
Cercis canadensis Linnaeus 1753
†Cercis eocenica Lesquereux 1872
†Cercis nevadensis Knowlton 1901
†Cercis parvifolia Lesquereux 1883
†Cercis spokanensis Knowlton 1926
†Cercis truncata Lesquereux 1883
†Cercis wilcoxiana Berry 1916
†Cercis zhangpuensis Wang and Sun 2022
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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) Cercis miochinensis (223891)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cercis parvifolia (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Cercis parvifolia (39837 39839 39849 39851)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Cercis maurerae (35220 35221 35235 35236 35237)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03China (Yunnan) Cercis sp. (223846)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Montana) Cercis spokanensis (23793)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Cercis parvifolia (24315)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Cercis sp., Cercis parvifolia (23330)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Cercis parvifolia (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Yunnan) Cercis miochinensis (223826)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Cercis parvifolia (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Qinghai) Cercis miochinensis (223892)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Cercis spokanensis (224390)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Cercis miochinensis (223803)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Cercis zhangpuensis (224405 224407)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Azuay) Cercis sp. (31012 31015)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Cercis carsoniana (27662)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Cercis miochinensis (21258)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Cercis chinensis (224546)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Beijing) Cercis blackii (224024)