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Sapium (milktree)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy
Sapium was named by Browne (1756). It is extant.

It was assigned to Euphorbiaceae by Browne (1756) and Chauhan (1991).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. pliocenicum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1756Sapium Browne
1991Sapium Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familyEuphorbiaceae
genusSapium

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. Sapium Browne 1756 [milktree]
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Sapium hokianum (22819)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama Sapium sp. (32394)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Sapium hokianum (22796)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117Brazil (Acre) Sapium pliocenicum (31670)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Sapium germanicum (28280 28281 28282 28283 28284)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Sapium germanicum (23049 23052 23060 23062 23685)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Sapium germanicum (27530 27547 27552)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya Sapium sp. (22266 22315)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Sapium germanicum (27381)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Sapium germanicum (22928 23055 23056 23058 23598 23652 23654 23661 27011)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Sapium germanicum (22898)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Sapium germanicum (28046 28051 28053)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Sapium maedleri (21222)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Sapium sp. (22771)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Sapium ellipticum (22094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Sapium maedleri (22778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kyoto City) Sapium sp. (168071)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Sapium sp. (228809)