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Cedrela

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Meliaceae

Taxonomy
Cedrela was named by Browne (1756). It is extant.

It was assigned to Meliaceae by Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941) and Brown (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1756Cedrela Browne
1919Cedrela Knowlton
1941Cedrela MacGinitie
1959Cedrela Brown p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familyMeliaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusCedrelaBrowne 1756

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. Cedrela Browne 1756
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Cedrela eolancifolia MacGinitie 1941
Cedrela odoratifolia Berry 1916
Cedrela oregoniana Brown 1937
Cedrela puryearensis Berry 1916
Cedrela wilcoxiana Berry 1916
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 Bridgerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 50.30000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.588Venezuela (Anzoategui) C. preodorata (31247)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) C. lanceolata (24481)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) C. pteraformis (35338)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene55.8 - 33.9Venezuela (Zulia) C. jacksoniana (31274)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina C. mexicaniformis, C. pichileufuana (32201)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) C. trainii (21389)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) C. eolancifolia (23998)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) C. lancifolia (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) C. lancifolia (39849) C. lancifolia, C. sp. (39837) C. sp. (39839)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) C. merrillii (35221 35235 35236 35237 35238)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) C. pteraformis (23972)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) C. pteraformis (23330)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) C. lancifolia (23975)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) C. lancifolia, C. pteraformis (23973)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Mexico (Vera Cruz) C. miocenica (32066)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Trinidad and Tobago C. preodorata, C. tertiaria (34145) C. tertiaria (34148)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) C. trainii (27179 27701)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 13.6USA (California) C. oregoniana (19206)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) C. trainii (35412)
Barstovian - Clarendonian15.97 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) C. trainii, C. sp. (23401)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) C. sp. (22755)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. fissilis (53926)