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Ailanthus

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Simaroubaceae

Taxonomy
Ailanthus was named by Desfontaines (1786). It is extant.

It was assigned to Simarubaceae by Knowlton (1919) and MacGinitie (1941); and to Simaroubaceae by Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Su et al. (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Ailanthus Desfontaines
1919Ailanthus Knowlton
1941Ailanthus MacGinitie
1991Ailanthus Chauhan
1996Ailanthus Liu et al.
2013Ailanthus Su et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familySimaroubaceaede Candolle 1811
genusAilanthusDesfontaines 1786

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. Ailanthus Desfontaines 1786
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Ailanthus americana Cockerell 1908
Ailanthus confucii Unger 1850
Ailanthus lesquereuxi Cockerell 1927
Ailanthus longepetiolata Lesquereux 1883
Ailanthus ovata Lesquereux 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available