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Nyssa (tupelo)
Taxonomy
Nyssa was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cornaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Nyssaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Chandler (1961), Srivastava (1991), Tiffney (1999) and Huang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Cornaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Nyssaceae by MacGinitie (1941), Chandler (1961), Srivastava (1991), Tiffney (1999) and Huang et al. (2023).
Species
N. acuticostata, N. aquatica, N. aquaticaformis, N. arctica, N. ascoidea, N. biflora, N. buddiana, N. californica, N. clarkii, N. complanata, N. cooperi, N. crassicostata, N. cuneata, N. curta, N. cylindrica, N. denveriana, N. disseminata, N. elongata, N. eolignitica, N. equicostata, N. europaea, N. excavata, N. gracilis, N. jonesii, N. laevigata, N. lamellosa, N. lanceolata, N. lescurii, N. microcarpa, N. multicostata, N. ovalis, N. ovata, N. racemosa, N. snowiana, N. solea, N. sylvatica, N. uniflora, N. vetusta (syn. Magnolia obovata), N. wilcoxiana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Nyssa Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Nyssa Knowlton |
| 1941 | Nyssa MacGinitie |
| 1961 | Nyssa Chandler p. 274 |
| 1991 | Nyssa Srivastava |
| 1999 | Nyssa Tiffney p. 145 |
| 2023 | Nyssa Huang et al. |
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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. Nyssa Linnaeus 1753 [tupelo]
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†Nyssa acuticostata Perkins 1906
Nyssa aquatica Linnaeus 1753
†Nyssa aquaticaformis Berry 1916
†Nyssa arctica Heer 1869
†Nyssa ascoidea Perkins 1904
Nyssa biflora Walter 1788
†Nyssa buddiana Ward 1885
†Nyssa californica MacGinitie 1941
†Nyssa clarkii Perkins 1904
†Nyssa complanata Lesquereux 1861
†Nyssa cooperi Chandler 1961
†Nyssa crassicostata Perkins 1904
†Nyssa cuneata Newberry 1863
†Nyssa curta Perkins 1904
†Nyssa cylindrica Perkins 1904
†Nyssa denveriana Knowlton 1919
†Nyssa disseminata Kirchheimer 1937
†Nyssa elongata Perkins 1904
†Nyssa eolignitica Berry 1916
†Nyssa equicostata Perkins 1904
†Nyssa europaea Unger 1845
†Nyssa excavata Perkins 1904
†Nyssa gracilis Berry 1909
†Nyssa jonesii Perkins 1904
†Nyssa laevigata Lesquereux 1861
†Nyssa lamellosa Perkins 1904
†Nyssa lanceolata Lesquereux 1872
†Nyssa lescurii Hitchcock 1862
†Nyssa microcarpa Lesquereux 1861
†Nyssa multicostata Perkins 1904
†Nyssa ovalis Perkins 1906
†Nyssa ovata Perkins 1904
†Nyssa racemosa Knowlton 1898
†Nyssa snowiana Lesquereux 1891
†Nyssa solea Perkins 1904
Nyssa sylvatica Marshall 1785
Nyssa uniflora Walter 1788
†Nyssa wilcoxiana Berry 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available