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Fraxinus (ash)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Fraxinus Linnaeus p. 1057
1899Fraxinus Knowlton
1919Fraxinus Knowlton
1941Fraxinus MacGinitie
1976Fraxinus Lakhanpal et al.
1991Fraxinus Chauhan
1996Fraxinus Liu et al.
2000Fraxinus Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderLamiales
familyOleaceae
genusFraxinus

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 johnstrupi Heer 1878
†Fraxinus libbeyi Lesquereux 1883
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Invalid names: Ostrya betuloides Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
†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 richmondensis Berry 1909
†Fraxinus ungeri Lesquereux 1883
†Fraxinus wilcoxiana Berry 1916
†Fraxinus wrightii Knowlton 1899
†Fraxinus yubaensis MacGinitie 1941
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Fraxinus leii (34971)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Fraxinus denticulata (35576) Fraxinus leii (34921 34922 34969 34970)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Fraxinus eocenica (39899 40061 53016)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Fraxinus eocenica (40139 40775 52928)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Fraxinus eocenica (40746 53535)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Fraxinus eocenica (58083)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Fraxinus sp. (22819)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Fraxinus eocinica (11331)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Fraxinus eocenica (11374 11375 11386)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Fraxinus yubaensis (10643)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Fraxinus eocenica (53070)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Fraxinus yubaensis (23998)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Fraxinus wrightii (24087)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Fraxinus juglandina, Fraxinus rupinarum (223815)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Fraxinus yubaensis (22935 22997)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukuoka) Fraxinus oligocenica (224520)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Fraxinus sp. (35221)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Fraxinus stenocarpa (27569)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Fraxinus sp. (31643)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Fraxinus coulteri (35921)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Fraxinus brevialata (23975)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Fraxinus coulteri (35278)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Fraxinus sp. (46324)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Fraxinus flexifolia, Fraxinus rupinarum (23973)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Fraxinus sp. (22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Fraxinus coulteri (27702) Fraxinus coulteri, Fraxinus millsiana (27701) Fraxinus desatoyana, Fraxinus eastgatensis (27179)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Fraxinus dayana, Fraxinus microcarpa (223803)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Fraxinus mohavensis (19206)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Fraxinus alcorni (27660)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Fraxinus coulteri (23401)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Nevada) Fraxinus caudata (27700)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Fraxinus kyamadae (22739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Fraxinus agassiziana (27514) Fraxinus praedicta (27377 27379)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Fraxinus sp. (187324)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Fraxinus sp. (27064)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Fraxinus alcorni (27659 27661)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Fraxinus sanzugawaensis, Fraxinus sp. (21258) Fraxinus sp. (21265)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Fraxinus miyataensis (22755)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Fraxinus sp. (26574)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Fraxinus floribunda (224402)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Fraxinus sp. (50524)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Fraxinus japonica (224546)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Fraxinus sp. (61887)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Fraxinus sp. (228772)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Fraxinus sp. (224612 224715) Fraxinus sp., Fraxinus excelsior (224614)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Alpes Maritimes) Fraxinus sp. (50522)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Fraxinus sp. (228760 228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Fraxinus sp. (228778)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Fraxinus sp. (104698)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kyoto) Fraxinus sp. (224408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Fraxinus sp. (63269 63397)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Fraxinus sp. (228780)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) Fraxinus sp. (168083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Michigan) Fraxinus sp. (63402)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Fraxinus sp. (228762 228773 228784)