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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
A. americana, A. confucii, A. lesquereuxi, A. longepetiolata, A. ovata
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. fushunensis

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
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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) A. lesquereuxi (24419)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) A. lesquereuxi (21389 28744 28745)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) A. confucii (140304)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) A. lesquereuxi (23997)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) A. fushunensis (223815)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) A. americana (24209)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic A. sp. (31643)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) A. americana (23330)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) A. tertiaria (22888 22889 23114 23663 23669 23673 23888)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) A. tertiaria (23906 23907)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Qinghai) A. confucii (223827)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) A. youngi (224041)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) A. americana (23973)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) A. youngi (223803)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) A. altissima (28442) A. sp. (28443)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) A. tertiaria (24078)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) A. confucii (22899 23618)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) A. tertiaria (24324)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) A. confucii (224409) A. sp. (224413)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) A. yezoense (22755)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) A. sp. (228785 228789 228811)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Gujarat) A. sp. (228791)