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Salix (willow)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Salicaceae

Taxonomy
Salix was named by Linnaeus (1753) [(Tournefort) Linnaeus]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Salicaceae by Brisseau-Mirbel (1815), Knowlton (1899), Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941), Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).

Species
S. angusta, S. baueri, S. boisiensis, S. bryani, S. californica, S. coalingensis, S. cumberlandensis, S. cuneata, S. dayana, S. deleta, S. elegans, S. elliptica, S. elongata, S. engelhardti, S. eutawensis, S. evanstoniana, S. flexuosa, S. florissanti (syn. S. amygdalaefolia), S. fluviatilis, S. foliosa, S. frontierensis, S. gardneri, S. groenlandica, S. hayei, S. heartensis, S. inaequalis, S. inquirenda, S. integra, S. ionensis, S. islandicus, S. kamloopsiana, S. kernensis, S. laramina, S. lavateri, S. lesquereuxii, S. libbeyi, S. macrophylla, S. mattewanensis, S. media, S. meekii, S. membranacea, S. merriami (syn. S. elliptica), S. minuta, S. mixta, S. nervillosa, S. newberryana, S. orbicularis, S. pacifica, S. pilosula, S. plicata, S. proteaefolia, S. pseudoargentea, S. pseudohayei, S. purpuroides, S. raeana, S. ramaleyi, S. raritanensis (syn. S. membranacea), S. remotidens, S. schimperi, S. siouxiana (syn. S. cuneata), S. sloani, S. stantoni, S. truckeana, S. tulameenensis, S. vaccinifolia, S. varians, S. viminalifolia, S. wallichiana, S. wimmeriana, S. wyomingensis (syn. S. integra)
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. bienensis, S. coloradica, S. lemhiensis, S. longipetiolatum, S. phylicifolia, S. reticulata, S. stipulata, S. subfragilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Salix Linnaeus p. 1015
1815Salix Brisseau-Mirbel p. 906
1899Salix Knowlton
1914Salix Berry p. 32
1919Salix Knowlton
1926Salix Knowlton
1941Salix MacGinitie
1959Salix Brown p. 128
1976Salix Lakhanpal et al.
1991Salix Chauhan
1991Salix Srivastava
1996Salix Liu et al.
2000Salix Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderMalpighiales
familySalicaceae
genusSalix

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. Salix Linnaeus 1753 [willow]
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†Salix angusta Braun 1851
†Salix baueri Knowlton 1916
†Salix boisiensis Smith 1941
†Salix bryani Knowlton 1926
†Salix californica Lesquereux 1878
†Salix coalingensis Dorf 1930
†Salix cumberlandensis Knowlton 1917
Salix cuneata Nuttall 1865
†Salix dayana Knowlton 1902
†Salix deleta Lesquereux 1891
Salix elegans Wallich 1859
Salix elliptica Sleich 1815
†Salix elongata Weber 1853
†Salix engelhardti Lesquereux 1888
†Salix eutawensis Berry 1910
†Salix evanstoniana Lesquereux 1871
†Salix flexuosa Newberry 1868
†Salix florissanti Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Salix amygdalaefolia Lesquereux 1883 [replaced]
Salix fluviatilis Nuttall 1911
†Salix foliosa Newberry 1898
†Salix frontierensis Knowlton 1917
†Salix gardneri Knowlton 1918
†Salix groenlandica Heer 1871
†Salix hayei Lesquereux 1891
†Salix heartensis Hickey 1977
†Salix inaequalis Newberry 1895
†Salix inquirenda Knowlton 1926
Salix integra Thunberg 1784
†Salix ionensis MacGinitie 1941
†Salix islandicus Lesquereux 1859
†Salix kamloopsiana Dawson 1890
†Salix kernensis Axelrod 1939
†Salix laramina Dawson 1886
†Salix lavateri Heer 1856
†Salix lesquereuxii Berry 1914
†Salix libbeyi Lesquereux 1883
†Salix macrophylla Heer 1856
†Salix mattewanensis Berry 1903
†Salix media Heer 1856
†Salix meekii Newberry 1868
Salix membranacea Thuill 1799
†Salix merriami Cockerell 1908
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Invalid names: Salix elliptica Lesquereux 1878 [replaced]
†Salix minuta Knowlton 1894
†Salix mixta Knowlton 1902
†Salix nervillosa Heer 1866
†Salix newberryana Hollick 1895
†Salix orbicularis Penhallow 1908
†Salix pacifica Dawson 1882
†Salix pilosula Göppert 1861
†Salix plicata Knowlton 1918
†Salix proteaefolia Lesquereux 1885
†Salix pseudoargentea Knowlton 1902
†Salix pseudohayei Berry 1909
†Salix purpuroides Hollick 1894
†Salix raeana Heer 1868
†Salix ramaleyi Cockerell 1906
†Salix raritanensis Berry 1909
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Invalid names: Salix membranacea Newberry 1868 [replaced]
†Salix remotidens Knowlton 1926
†Salix schimperi Lesquereux 1888
†Salix siouxiana Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Salix cuneata Newberry 1868 [replaced]
†Salix sloani Berry 1914
†Salix stantoni Knowlton 1900
†Salix truckeana Chaney 1944
†Salix tulameenensis Penhallow 1908
†Salix vaccinifolia Knowlton 1901
†Salix varians Göppert 1852
†Salix viminalifolia Berry 1915
Salix wallichiana Andersson 1851
†Salix wimmeriana Göppert 1861
†Salix wyomingensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Salix integra Göppert 1852 [replaced]
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 Early/Lower Cretaceous to the top of the Holocene or 145.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (228 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Georgia) Salix flexuosa, Salix eutawensis (212691) Salix flexuosa, Salix lesquereuxii (212692)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Salix proteafolia (153400)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Salix cumberlandensis, Salix frontierensis (31382) Salix lancensis (34974)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Salix cumberlandensis (31187)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Salix newberryana (103148)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Salix flexuosa (28321)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Salix flexuosa, Salix lesquereuxii (210093) Salix flexuosa, Salix lesquereuxii, Salix pseudohayei (210091) Salix flexuosa, Salix lesquereuxii, Salix sloani (210094) Salix lesquereuxii (210092 212236) Salix lesquereuxii, Salix sloani (210095)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Salix lancensis, Salix sp. 1, Salix sp. 2 (34975) Salix sp. (24180)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Salix lancensis (34921 34922 34967 34969)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Salix aquilina (55850)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Salix aquilina (57990)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Salix parasachalinensis, Salix sp. (22815)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Oosani) Salix subfragilis (22826)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Salix sp. (227994)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Hunan) Salix bienensis (223848)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Henan) Salix sp. (223894)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Salix longiacuminata (24419)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Salix longiacuminata (24415 24417) Salix longipetiolatum (24411)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) Salix knowltoni (35338)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Salix cockerelli (21389)