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Cinnamomum (cinnamon)

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Cinnamomum Schaeffer
1899Cinnamomum Knowlton
1914Cinnamomum Berry p. 54
1919Cinnamomum Knowlton
1941Cinnamomum MacGinitie
1959Cinnamomum Brown p. 128
1961Cinnamomum Chandler p. 172
1963Cinnamomum Chandler p. 87
1974Cinnamomum Ozaki
1976Cinnamomum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Cinnamomum Chauhan
1991Cinnamomum Srivastava
1993Cinnamomum Antal and Awasthi
1996Cinnamomum Liu et al.
2000Cinnamomum Mabberley
2008Cinnamomum Prasad
2017Cinnamomum Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Magnoliid
orderLauralesJussieu 1820
familyLauraceaeJussieu 1789
genusCinnamomumSchaeffer 1760

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. Cinnamomum Schaeffer 1760 [cinnamon]
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†Cinnamomum acrodromum Potbury 1935
†Cinnamomum affine Lesquereux 1868
†Cinnamomum angustum Berry 1918
†Cinnamomum bendirei Knowlton 1902
†Cinnamomum buchi Heer 1856
†Cinnamomum canadense Dawson 1885
†Cinnamomum corrugatum Perkins 1904
†Cinnamomum crassipes Lesquereux 1859
†Cinnamomum dilleri Knowlton 1902
†Cinnamomum ellipsoideum Saporta and Marion 1878
†Cinnamomum ellipticum Knowlton 1893
†Cinnamomum eokachchhensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1981
†Cinnamomum ficifolium Knowlton 1917
†Cinnamomum globulare Reid and Chandler 1933
†Cinnamomum grande Reid and Chandler 1933
†Cinnamomum heerii Berry 1914
†Cinnamomum hesperium Knowlton 1917
†Cinnamomum lignitum Perkins 1904
†Cinnamomum linifolium Knowlton 1917
†Cinnamomum marioni Lesquereux 1891
†Cinnamomum membranaceum Lesquereux 1868
†Cinnamomum mioinuctum Prasad 1990
†Cinnamomum miokachchhensis Lakhanpal and Guleria 1982
†Cinnamomum miotavoyanum Shashi et al. 2007
†Cinnamomum mississippiensis Lesquereux 1866
†Cinnamomum nepalensis Prasad and Pandey 2008
†Cinnamomum newberryi Berry 1914
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Invalid names: Cinnamomum intermedium Newberry 1895 [synonym]
†Cinnamomum novaeangliae Lesquereux 1861
†Cinnamomum oblongatum Berry 1916
†Cinnamomum oblongum Chandler 1961
†Cinnamomum obovatus Berry 1916
†Cinnamomum ovoides Perkins 1904
†Cinnamomum ovoideum Chandler 1961
†Cinnamomum palaeotamala Lakhanpal and Awasthi 1984
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Invalid names: Daphnogene cretacea Lesquereux 1874 [synonym]
†Cinnamomum sezannense Brown 1962
†Cinnamomum spectabile Heer 1856
†Cinnamomum stantoni Knowlton 1900
Cinnamomum tamala Nees and Ebermaier 1831
†Cinnamomum vera Berry 1916
†Cinnamomum wardii Knowlton 1898
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 99.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum sp., Cinnamomum hesperium (31382)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum sp., Cinnamomum hesperium (31187)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (British Columbia) Cinnamomum heeri (35067)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Cinnamomum trinervis (35186)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Cinnamomum newberryi, Cinnamomum heerii (28321)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Cinnamomum middendorfensis (210091) Cinnamomum newberryi (210092)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum hesperium (27135 27136 27314 27315 27359 27360 27369 27370)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Cinnamomum sp. (24180)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Cinnamomum lineafolia (48224 48237 48238 48239 48240 48241 48242 48243 48244 48250 48252 48259 48264 48288 48292)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum sezannense (40783 57976)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Cinnamomum sezannense (40740)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Cinnamomum sezannense (52951 53066 53088)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Chile (Biobío) Cinnamomum sp. 1, Cinnamomum sp. 2, Cinnamomum sp. 3, Cinnamomum sp. 4 (152433)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum japonicum (22819)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum sezannense (11402)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum sezannense (28656)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum sezannense (11377 11381 28664 28668 28669 28673 28675 28680 28681 28898)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Cinnamomum globulare, Cinnamomum grande, Cinnamomum oblongum (22811) Cinnamomum globulare, Cinnamomum grande, Cinnamomum ovoideum, Cinnamomum oblongum (21249 22806) Cinnamomum oblongum (22804)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Cinnamomum sp. (121046)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Guizhou) Cinnamomum sp. (223895)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Jilin) Cinnamomum scheuchzeri (223891)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Shandong) Cinnamomum sp. (223951)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Cinnamomum nagatoense, Cinnamomum naitoanum (24463 24473) Cinnamomum naitoanum (24474 24477 24478 24484)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Gujarat) Cinnamomum eokachchhensis (227856)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71China (Guangdong) Cinnamomum naitoanum (223802)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Japan Cinnamomum sp. (70902)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Cinnamomum sp. (24106)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) Cinnamomum eokachchhensis (45583)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Cinnamomum spectabilis (24128)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Cinnamomum acrodromum, Cinnamomum dilleri (23997 23998 24000 24002) Cinnamomum dilleri (23995 23996 23999 24012 24013)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Hainan) Cinnamomum larteti (223825)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Cinnamomum naitoanum (223815)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Vietnam Cinnamomum sp. (224535)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Cinnamomum sp. (25581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Cinnamomum miokachchhensis (227849)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Yunnan) Cinnamomum sp., Cinnamomum glanduliferum (223826)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Cinnamomum incertum (32009)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Cinnamomum sp. (223850)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal Cinnamomum mioinuctum (222898)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Gifu) Cinnamomum lanceolatum (222790)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Cinnamomum polymorphum (46326 46327 46328) Cinnamomum sp. (46324)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal Cinnamomum nepalensis (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Uttarakhand) Cinnamomum nepalensis, Cinnamomum miotavoyanum (222808)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Cinnamomum camphora (22789 22796)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (West Bengal) Cinnamomum sp. (223486 223487 223488) Cinnamomum tamala (223089)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Bihar) Cinnamomum palaeotamala (223029)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58China (Guangxi) Cinnamomum bodnieri (223942)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Cinnamomum oguniense (223803)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Cinnamomum lusaticum, Cinnamomum spec. (28280)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Cinnamomum costatum (23052 23060 23062) Cinnamomum costatum, Cinnamomum sp. (23049)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Cinnamomum polymorphum (46225)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Cinnamomum polymorphum (28442)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Cinnamomum palaeotamala (224493)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Taiwan) Cinnamomum sp. (223908)
MN 5 - MN 7 + 815.97 - 11.1Switzerland (Aargau) Cinnamomum polymorphum (46279)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Cinnamomum camphora (22740) Cinnamomum japonicum (22739 22744)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Cinnamomum costatum (23055)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Cinnamomum lusaticum (27381)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Cinnamomum polymorphum (46239)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Cinnamomum sp. (46277)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Cinnamomum camphora (21227 21234 21250) Cinnamomum japonicum (21225 21239)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Cinnamomum naitoanum, Cinnamomum sp., Cinnamomum scheuchzeri (222695) Cinnamomum oguniense, Cinnamomum sp. (222698) Cinnamomum scheuchzeri (224406)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Kouwa-cho) Cinnamomum camphora (22827)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Cinnamomum subavenium, Cinnamomum tuantianensis (224402)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Cinnamomum camphora, Cinnamomum tenuifolium (224546)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) Cinnamomum appelianum, Cinnamomum obovatum, Cinnamomum reticulatum, Cinnamomum rigidissimum (223913)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Cinnamomum tamala (224613)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Vietnam Cinnamomum sp., Cinnamomum obovatus (224536)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) Cinnamomum sp. (228759)