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Fraxinus (ash)
Taxonomy
Fraxinus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Oleaceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Oleaceae by Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
Species
F. abbreviata, F. americana, F. brownellii, F. denticulata, F. eocenica, F. excelsior, F. heerii, F. herendeenensis, F. integrifolia, F. johnstrupi, F. libbeyi (syn. Ostrya betuloides), F. mespilifolia, F. myricaefolia, F. nigra, F. oligocenica, F. oregonensis (syn. F. integrifolia), F. palaeophila, F. praedicta, F. quadrangulata, F. richmondensis, F. ungeri, F. wilcoxiana, F. wrightii, F. yubaensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1753 | Fraxinus Linnaeus p. 1057 |
| 1899 | Fraxinus Knowlton |
| 1919 | Fraxinus Knowlton |
| 1941 | Fraxinus MacGinitie |
| 1976 | Fraxinus Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Fraxinus Chauhan |
| 1996 | Fraxinus Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Fraxinus Mabberley |
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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. Fraxinus Linnaeus 1753 [ash]
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†Fraxinus abbreviata Lesquereux 1883
Fraxinus americana Linnaeus 1753
†Fraxinus brownellii Lesquereux 1878
†Fraxinus denticulata Heer 1868
†Fraxinus eocenica Lesquereux 1878
Fraxinus excelsior Linnaeus 1753
†Fraxinus heerii Lesquereux 1883
†Fraxinus herendeenensis Knowlton 1894
Fraxinus integrifolia Moench 1785
†Fraxinus johnstrupi Heer 1878
†Fraxinus mespilifolia Lesquereux 1883
†Fraxinus myricaefolia Lesquereux 1883
Fraxinus nigra Marshall 1785
†Fraxinus oligocenica Suzuki 1982
†Fraxinus oregonensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Fraxinus integrifolia Newberry 1882 [replaced]
†Fraxinus palaeophila Cockerell 1908
†Fraxinus praedicta Heer 1859
Fraxinus quadrangulata Michaux 1803
†Fraxinus richmondensis Berry 1909
†Fraxinus ungeri Lesquereux 1883
†Fraxinus wilcoxiana Berry 1916
†Fraxinus wrightii Knowlton 1899
†Fraxinus yubaensis MacGinitie 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available