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Theaceae (tea)
Taxonomy
Theaceae was named by Ker-Gawler (1816). It is extant. Its type is Camelliacarpoidea.
It was assigned to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1962) and Chandler (1964); to Parietales by MacGinitie (1941) and Hickey (1977); to Theales by Mabberley (2000); to Cornales by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Ericales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Centrospermae by Chandler (1963); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1962) and Chandler (1964); to Parietales by MacGinitie (1941) and Hickey (1977); to Theales by Mabberley (2000); to Cornales by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Ericales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Actinidia, Camelliacarpoidea (type genus), Eurya, Gordonia, Hordwellia, Paraternstroemia, Schimoxylon, Taonabeae, Ternstroemia, Tetrameristoxylon, Theeae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Theaceae Ker-Gawler |
| 1941 | Theaceae MacGinitie |
| 1962 | Theaceae Chandler p. 111 |
| 1963 | Theaceae Chandler p. 106 |
| 1964 | Theaceae Chandler p. 120 |
| 1977 | Theaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Theaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Theaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030 |
| 2016 | Theaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 19 |
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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.
Fm. Theaceae Ker-Gawler 1816 [tea]
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G. †Actinidia Chandler 1926
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†Actinidia crassisperma Chandler 1926
†Actinidia eocenica Chandler 1963
†Actinidia poolensis Chandler 1963
G. †Camelliacarpoidea Collinson et al. 2012
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†Camelliacarpoidea messelensis Collinson et al. 2012
G. †Hordwellia Chandler 1960
G. Ternstroemia Mutis 1782
G. †Tetrameristoxylon Hofmann 1952
Invalid names: Taonabeae [empty], Theeae [empty]
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 Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 Ma
Collections (132 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | Eurya sp. (22819) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Belgium | Theaceae species (32342) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Theaceae FW49, Theaceae FW57 (28656) | |
| Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Paraternstroemia hyphovenosa (11352) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Theaceae indet., Actinidia sp., Hordwellia crassisperma (23398) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Ternstroemia setoi (24466 24481) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Paraternstroemia hyphovenosa (10802) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Hordwellia crassisperma (24107 24108) Hordwellia crassisperma, Actinidia eocenica, Actinidia poolensis (24106) | |
| Middle Eocene | Germany (Hesse) | Camelliacarpoidea messelensis (140304) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Actinidia oregonensis (21220) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Gordonia egregia (23995 23996 23997 23998 23999 24000 24002 24012 24013) | |
| Bartonian | Myanmar | Schimoxylon benderi (41143) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Hordwellia crassisperma (27778) Theaceae indet., Hordwellia crassisperma, Actinidia eocenica, Gordonia truncata, Eurya mudensis (24109) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Gordonia minima, Actinidia sp., Hordwellia crassisperma, Gordonia truncata, Eurya becktonensis (27663) | |
| Rupelian | Czech Republic | Gordonia sp. (31643) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Eurya boveyana (25001 25002 25003 25574 25581 25591) Eurya boveyana, Eurya stigmosa (24925) Eurya stigmosa (25582) Ternstroemia boveyana (24983) Ternstroemia neglecta, Eurya boveyana (24922) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Eurya stigmosa (26748) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Actinidia faveolata (22889) Actinidia faveolata, Actinidia argutaeformis, Actinidia sp. (23663 23669) Actinidia spinosa (23888) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | Actinidia faveolata, Eurya stigmosa (24183) Eurya stigmosa (24534) Ternstroemia boveyana, Eurya stigmosa (24184) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Actinidia sp. (23897) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Actinidia argutaeformis, Actinidia sp. (23906) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Burdigalian | USA (Vermont) | Gordonia sp. (22776) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Eurya ciliata (223826) | |
| Miocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Gordonia sp. (231824) | |
| Burdigalian | Germany (Bayern) | Eurya stigmosa (28283) Ternstroemia boveyana, Ternstroemia reniformis, Eurya stigmosa (28280 28284) Ternstroemia reniformis (28282) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Actinidia faveolata, Eurya stigmosa (23686) Actinidia germanica (23052) Eurya stigmosa (23060) Ternstroemia sequoioides, Eurya stigmosa (23049 23062) | |
| Langhian | Germany (sachsen) | Eurya stigmosa (27519) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Denmark (Jylland) | Eurya stigmosa (28314 28315) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Actinidia polygama (28442) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Actinidia faveolata, Actinidia argutaeformis, Actinidia sp. (24078) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Actinidia faveolata (27524) Actinidia faveolata, Eurya stigmosa (22899 23025 23611 23618) Eurya boveyana (27523) Eurya stigmosa (23042 23050 23598 23609 23610 23652 23661 23681 27013 27528) Ternstroemia sequoioides (23054 23055) Ternstroemia sequoioides, Eurya stigmosa (23056 23058 23059) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | Eurya stigmosa (27381) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | Actinidia faveolata, Eurya stigmosa (22897) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | Actinidia faveolata, Eurya stigmosa (28046 28051 28113 28131) Eurya stigmosa (27923 27930 28053 28056 28057 28114 28115 28116 28117 28118) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | Actinidia faveolata, Eurya lusatica, Eurya stigmosa (27922) Eurya stigmosa (27918 27919 27921 27925 27926 27927 27929 28044 28045) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | Ternstroemia maekawai (222695) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | Eurya stigmosa (27928) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Actinidia sp. (24094 24099 24324) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Actinidia faveolata, Actinidia polygama, Ternstroemia dorofeevii (21222) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Germany (Sachsen) | Actinidia faveolata (27277) | |
| Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Eurya stigmosa (28134) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Actinidia faveolata (22771) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Germany (North Rhine) | Eurya stigmosa (28171) | |
| Piacenzian - Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Actinidia faveolata (28197) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | China (Yunnan) | Eurya stigmosa (224476) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringen) | Actinidia faveolata (22783) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Actinidia faveolata (22779 22780) Actinidia faveolata, Actinidia sp. (22778) | |
| Quaternary | India (Assam) | Theaceae indet. (228813 228822) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Gordonia sp. (228848) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | India (Assam) | Ternstroemia sp., Eurya sp. (228759) | |
| Holocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Gordonia sp. (228788) |