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Celastrus
Taxonomy
Celastrus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Celastraceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000) and Liang and Zhou (2016).
It was assigned to Celastraceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000) and Liang and Zhou (2016).
Species
C. alnifolius, C. arctica, C. borealis, C. bruckmanni, C. bruckmannifolia, C. caducidentatus, C. colignitica, C. confluens, C. culveri, C. curvinervis, C. dignatus, C. ellipticus, C. fernquisti, C. ferrugineus, C. fraxinifolius, C. gaudini, C. grewiopsis, C. haddeni, C. hesperius, C. inaequalis, C. lacoei, C. lindgreni, C. minor, C. montanensis (syn. C. alnifolius), C. ovatus, C. preangulata, C. pterospermoides, C. serratus, C. taurinensis, C. veatchi, C. wardii (syn. C. ovatus)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Celastrus Linnaeus |
| 1899 | Celastrus Knowlton |
| 1919 | Celastrus Knowlton |
| 1926 | Celastrus Knowlton |
| 1941 | Celastrus MacGinitie |
| 1996 | Celastrus Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Celastrus Mabberley |
| 2016 | Celastrus Liang and Zhou |
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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. Celastrus Linnaeus 1753
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Celastrus alnifolius Don 1825
†Celastrus arctica Heer 1883
†Celastrus borealis Heer 1869
†Celastrus bruckmanni Braun 1851
†Celastrus bruckmannifolia Berry 1916
†Celastrus caducidentatus Liang and Zhou 2016
†Celastrus colignitica Berry 1916
†Celastrus confluens Knowlton 1902
†Celastrus culveri Knowlton 1899
†Celastrus curvinervis Ward 1885
†Celastrus dignatus Knowlton 1902
†Celastrus ellipticus Knowlton 1899
†Celastrus fernquisti Knowlton 1926
†Celastrus ferrugineus Ward 1885
†Celastrus fraxinifolius Lesquereux 1883
†Celastrus gaudini Lesquereux 1888
†Celastrus grewiopsis Ward 1885
†Celastrus haddeni Knowlton 1918
†Celastrus hesperius Knowlton 1918
†Celastrus inaequalis Knowlton 1899
†Celastrus lacoei Lesquereux 1883
†Celastrus lindgreni Knowlton 1898
†Celastrus minor Berry 1916
†Celastrus montanensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Celastrus alnifolius Ward 1885 [replaced]
Celastrus ovatus Hill 1865
†Celastrus preangulata MacGinitie 1941
†Celastrus pterospermoides Ward 1885
†Celastrus serratus Knowlton 1918
†Celastrus taurinensis Ward 1885
†Celastrus veatchi Hollick 1899
†Celastrus wardii Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Celastrus ovatus Ward 1885 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lancian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 70.60000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (35 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Wyoming) | C. taurinensis (34971) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | C. taurenensis (48224 48225 48231 48233 48234 48237 48239 48240 48241 48242 48243 48244 48245 48252 48259 48261 48267 48286 48293) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Colorado) | C. winchesteri (24417) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | C. winchesteri (21389) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | C. culveri, C. inaequalis, C. ellipticus (24087) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | C. preangulata (23996 23997) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | C. typica (24209) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Colorado) | C. typica (39837 39851) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | C. simplex (32044) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Washington) | C. spokanensis (103753) | |
| Miocene | USA (Washington) | C. fernquisti (224391) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | C. typicus (23973) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | C. mioangulata (223803) | |
| Middle Miocene | China (Taiwan) | C. sp. (223908) | |
| Middle Miocene | China (Yunnan) | C. caducidentatus (224420) |