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Cupressoideae

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Cupressoideae was named by Rich (1826). It is extant. It is the type subfamily of Cupressaceae.

It was assigned to Cupressaceae by Gadek et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Cupressoideae Rich
2000Cupressoideae Gadek et al. pp. 1048, 1056

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
subfamilyCupressoideaeRich 1826
subfamilyCupressoideaeRich 1826

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. Cupressoideae Rich 1826
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G. Chamaecyparis Spach 1841
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Chamaecyparis nutkaensis Lindley and Gordon 1850
Chamaecyparis thyoides Linnaeus 1753
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Invalid names: Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea Spach 1841 [synonym]
G. Cupressus Linnaeus 1753
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Cupressus disticha Linnaeus 1753 [bald cypress]
Cupressus macrocarpa Hartweg 1847
†Cupressus mohavensis Axelrod 1939
G. Fokienia Henry and Thomas 1911 [Fujian cypress]
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†Fokienia kawaii Hayata 1917
G. Juniperus Linnaeus 1753 [juniper]
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Juniperus californica Carrière 1850
†Juniperus haydenii Lesquereux 1874
†Juniperus hypnoides Heer 1882
Juniperus virginiana Linnaeus 1753
G. Thuja Linnaeus 1753
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†Thuja cretacea Heer 1882
†Thuja garmani Lesquereux 1872
†Thuja gracilis Newberry 1868
†Thuja interrupta Newberry 1868
Thuja occidentalis Linnaeus 1753
G. Thujopsis Siebold and Zuccarini 1842 [hiba]
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 Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 168.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 163.5 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Ukraine Cupressus sp. 1 (30955 30963)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Canada (British Columbia) Chamaecyparis corpulenta (31224)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Fokienia catenulata (53686) Thuja interrupta (53688 53957)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Thuja interrupta (40578) Thuja interruptus (40938)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Cupressus sp., Thuja cretacea (223817)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Fokienia catenulata (34887)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Fokienia catenulata (55859) Thuja interrupta (40277 53532)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Thuja interrupta (58036 58085)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Thuja interrupta (53073)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Chamaecyparis sp. (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Chamaecyparis sp., Thuja sp., Thujopsis sp. (179231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Hunan) Chamaecyparis sp. (223848)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) Chamaecyparis linguaefolia (35334)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Sichuan) Chamaecyparis sp. (223847)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Nunavut) Chamaecyparis sp. (139662)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Hypnum haydenii, Chamaecyparis linguaefolia (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Chamaecyparis linguaefolia, Chamaecyparis sp. (39837 39839 39849 39851)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Chamaecyparis edwardsii (27569)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Juniperus nevadensis, Chamaecyparis linguaefolia, Thuja dimorpha (23972)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Juniperus nevadensis, Thuja dimorpha (23330)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Juniperus nevadensis, Chamaecyparis linguaefolia, Thuja dimorpha (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Jilin) Cupressus sp. (223816)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Juniperus nevadensis, Chamaecyparis linguaefolia (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Chamaecyparis linguaefolia, Thuja dimorpha (35278)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Cupressus sp. (223850)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Gifu) Chamaecyparis shikamana (222791)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) Fokienia notoensis (224041)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Thuja nipponica (22789)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Gunma) Thuja sp. (22786)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Juniperus sp. (47096)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Juniperus desatoyana, Chamaecyparis cordillerae (27179) Juniperus nevadensis, Chamaecyparis cordillerae (27701 27702)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Cupressus mohavensis (19206)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Chamaecyparis cordillerae (27631) Juniperus desatoyana, Chamaecyparis cordillerae (27630) Thuja dimorpha (27660)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Chamaecyparis linguaefolia (23401)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Juniperus oxycedrus, Chamaecyparis pisifera (28442)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Chamaecyparis europaea, Thuja thuringiaca (23611) Chamaecyparis obtusa (23025 27013) Chamaecyparis obtusa, Thuja thuringiaca (22899 23618) Juniperus oxycedrus, Chamaecyparis obtusa (23054)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Chamaecyparis cordillerae (27525 27527 27626 27627 27629)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (California) Chamaecyparis cordillerae (27529)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Juniperus nevadensis, Thuja dimorpha (27661 27662) Thuja dimorpha (27659)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Juniperus oxycedrus (27919)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Thujopsis miodolabrata (21224 21227 21234 21264)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) Juniperus sp., Cupressus mokelumnensis (35270)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Chamaecyparis obtusa (27277)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Juniperus virginiana (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Chamaecyparis sp. (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Nevada) Chamaecyparis linguaefolia (35922)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Hunan) Juniperus sp., Chamaecyparis sp. (223822)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania Juniperus sp. (22335)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Juniperus sp. (22346)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Chamaecyparis obtusa (22778)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) Cupressus sp. (28198)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kyoto City) Chamaecyparis pisifera (168082)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Juniperus sp. (21975)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Juniperus sp. (228956) Juniperus sp., Cupressus sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Cupressus sp. (228777 228778)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Cupressus sp. (228761 228776) Juniperus sp., Cupressus sp. (228760)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Juniperus sp. (22336 22337)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Thuja sp. (70132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Thuja occidentalis (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cupressus goveniana (79630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Juniperus communis (164905)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Juniperus sp. (228780 228781)