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Gordonia

Angiospermae - Ericales - Theaceae

Taxonomy
Gordonia was named by Ellis (1771). It is extant.

It was assigned to Theeae by Chandler (1963); and to Theaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Chandler (1962) and Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1771Gordonia Ellis
1941Gordonia MacGinitie
1962Gordonia Chandler p. 114
1963Gordonia Chandler p. 106
1991Gordonia Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyTheaceaeKer-Gawler 1816
genusGordoniaEllis 1771

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. Gordonia Ellis 1771
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Gordonia egregia Lesquereux 1878
Gordonia truncata Chandler 1926
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 Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) G. egregia (23995 23996 23997 23998 23999 24000 24002 24012 24013)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) G. truncata (24109)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) G. minima, G. truncata (27663)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic G. sp. (31643)
Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97USA (Vermont) G. sp. (22776)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) G. sp. (231824)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) G. sp. (228848)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) G. sp. (228788)