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Annonaceae (custard apple)

Angiospermae - Magnoliales - Annonaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Annonaceae de Jussieu
1919Anonaceae Knowlton
1961Anonaceae Chandler p. 170
1963Anonaceae Chandler p. 86
1964Anonaceae Chandler p. 127
1978Anonaceae Chandler p. 24
2000Annonaceae Mabberley
2008Annonaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Annonaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 14
2017Annonaceae Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Magnoliids
RankNameAuthor
orderMagnolialesJussieu 1820
familyAnnonaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyAnnonaceaede Jussieu 1789

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. Annonaceae de Jussieu 1789 [custard apple]
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G. Alphonsea Hooker and Thomson
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†Alphonsea makumensis Srivastava and Mehrotra 2013
G. Annona Linnaeus 1753
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†Annona miocenica Prasad et al. 2017
†Anona ampla Berry 1916
†Anona cretacea Lesquereux 1883
†Anona eolignitica Berry 1916
Anona glabra Linnaeus 1753
†Anona koilabasensis Prasad et al. 1999
†Anona peruviana Berry 1927
†Anona robusta Lesquereux 1883
†Anona spoliata Cockerell 1908
†Anona wilcoxiana Berry 1916
G. †Anonaspermum Ball 1931
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†Anonaspermum anoniforme Reid and Chandler 1933
†Anonaspermum commune Reid and Chandler 1933
†Anonaspermum complanatum Reid and Chandler 1933
†Anonaspermum complicatum Chandler 1961
†Anonaspermum minimum Reid and Chandler 1933
†Anonaspermum pulchrum Reid and Chandler 1933
†Anonaspermum reidi Ball 1931
G. Artabotrys Brown 1810
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G. Asimina Adanson 1763 [pawpaw]
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†Asimina eocenica Lesquereux 1872
†Asimina leiocarpa Lesquereux 1869
Asimina triloba Dunal 1817
G. Cananga Hook and Thomson 1855
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†Cananga tertiara Prasad 1994
G. Commiphora von Jacquin
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†Commiphora precaudata Shashi et al. 2007
G. Dendrokingstonia Rauschert 1982
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†Dendrokingstonia palaeonervosa Prasad et al. 2017
G. Desmos Loureiro 1790
G. Ellipeia Hooker and Thomson
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†Ellipeia miocenica Shashi et al. 2007
G. Fissistigma Griffith 1854
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†Fissistigma mioelegans Prasad et al. 1999
†Fissistigma senii Lakhanpal 1969
†Fissistigma siwalica Lakhanpal and Awasthi 1992
G. Goniothalamus Hooker and Thomson 1855
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†Goniothalamus chorkholaensis Prasad and Awasthi 1996
†Goniothalamus siwalicus Prasad et al. 1997
G. Guatteria Ruiz and Pavon 1794
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†Guatteria cretacea Hollick 1906
G. †Jongmansia Reid and Reid 1915
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†Jongmansia cypreaeformis Reid and Reid 1915
G. Lettowianthus Diels 1936
G. †Mayogynophyllum Kraeusel 1929
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G. Meiogyne Miquel 1865
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†Meiogyne purniyagiriensis Prasad et al. 2017
G. Melodorum Loureiro 1790
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†Melodorum jarwaensis Tripathi et al. 2002
G. Miliusa de Candolle 1832
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Subg. Miliusa (Saccopetalum) Bennett 1840
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†Miliusa brochidodroma Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999
†Miliusa mioveluntina Prasad et al. 1997
†Miliusa siwalica Prasad et al. 1999
G. Mitrephora Hooker and Thomson
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†Mitrephora miocenica Prasad et al. 1997
†Mitrephora siwalika Antal and Awasthi 1993
G. Orophea Blume 1825
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†Orophea siwalika Konomatsu and Awasthi 1999
G. Polyalthia Blume 1830
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†Polyalthia palaeosiamiarum Awasthi and Prasad 1990
†Polyalthia palaeosumatrana Tripathi et al. 2002
G. †Polyalthioxylon Bande 1973
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†Polyalthioxylon indicum Prakash 1978
G. Popowia Endlicher 1839
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†Popowia siwalica Prasad et al. 2017
G. Uvaria Linnaeus
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†Uvaria ghishia Antal and Prasad 1998
†Uvaria ovale Reid and Chandler 1933
†Uvaria siwalika Prasad 1994
G. †Xylopiaecarpum Rasky 1956
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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 (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Asimina knowltonia (96781)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Anona robusta (34921 34967)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Polyalthioxylon parapaniense (227809)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Anona guppyi (32005)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Venezuela (Anzoategui) Anona saravania (31247)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Colombia Annonaceae CJ50 (134513 134747 134754)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Anonaspermum cerebellatum, Anonaspermum corrugatum, Anonaspermum obscurum, Anonaspermum punctatum, Anonaspermum rotundatum, Anonaspermum rugosum, Anonaspermum subcompressum, Anonaspermum spp., Anonaspermum commune, Anonaspermum pulchrum, Anonaspermum ovale, Anonaspermum complanatum, Anonaspermum anoniforme, Anonaspermum complicatum (22811) Anonaspermum sp., Anonaspermum minimum, Anonaspermum ovale (21249)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Maharashtra) Artabotrys odoratissimus (197967)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Maharashtra) Artabotrys odoratissimus (197966)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Asimina vesperalis (53070)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) Annona ampla (98211)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Oligocene55.8 - 23.03Ecuador Anona peruviana (32187)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina Anona infestans (32201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Anonaspermum sp. (24106)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Anonaspermum bonesii, Anonaspermum rotundum, Anonaspermum pulchrum (21220)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Yemen Anonaspermum sp. (47928)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Xizang) Anona prereticulata (223828)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Anonaspermum sp. (27778)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Vietnam Anona sp., Polyalthia cuneiformis (224535)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) Anona peruviana (64545)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03India Saccopetalum sp. (212868)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03China (Yunnan) Anona pinnatinervis, Uvaria yunnanensis (223846)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Anona preretriculata (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03India (Assam) Alphonsea makumensis (193426)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Peru Anona peruviana (139872)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Guatteria ackermannii, Guatteria basilata (112580)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Anonaspermum sp. (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Anona guppyi (31279)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Peru Anona winslowiana, Guatteria culebrenis (32003)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia (Santander) Anona guppyi (32100 32102)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Trujillo) Anona guppyi, Anona sphaerocarpoides (31280)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Anona glabraformis (31337)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Chile Anona coronelensis (32459) Anona speciosa (32464)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) Anona guppyi (31276 31278) Anona sphaerocarpoides (31275)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Anona costaricana (31313)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Fujian) Uvaria sp., Fissistigma sp., Desmos sp. (223929)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal Fissistigma senii, Uvaria siwalika, Miliusa mioveluntina, Miliusa siwalica, Anona koilabasensis, Goniothalamus siwalicus, Mitrephora miocenica, Melodorum jarwaensis, Polyalthia palaeosumatrana, Fissistigma mioelegans (222898)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Zulia) Anona guppyi (31277)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Mexico (Oaxaca) Anona saraviana (32065)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Uttarakhand) Mitrephora siwalika, Ellipeia miocenica, Commiphora precaudata (222808)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (West Bengal) Mitrephora siwalika (223489)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal Mitrephora siwalika, Goniothalamus chorkholaensis, Polyalthia palaeosiamiarum (222975)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (Himachal Pradesh) Fissistigma senii, Fissistigma siwalica (222792)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttar Pradesh) Polyalthioxylon indicum (227819)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Nepal Orophea siwalika (223317)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bhutan Mitrephora siwalika (223595)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Annona miocenica, Meiogyne purniyagiriensis (224493) Popowia siwalica, Miliusa pretomentosa, Dendrokingstonia palaeonervosa (224500) Uvaria siwalika, Cananga tertiara, Saccopetalum pretomentosum (222797)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya Annonaceae indet. (22312) Artabotrys sp. (22314) Artabotrys sp., Lettowianthus stellatus (22266)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Asimina brownii (28051 28056 28117)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Asimina brownii (27926)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Nepal Miliusa brochidodroma (223321)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Desmos kaiyuanensis (222698) Uvaria lincangensis (222695)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Asimina brownii (21222)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia Anona cochabambensis (32043)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Tanzania Commiphora sp. (22335)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) Anona sp., Uvaria macrophylla, Fissistigma polyanthum, Desmos cochinchinensis, Desmos sp. (223913)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Commiphora sp. (21975)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Commiphora sp. (22337)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Anona glabra (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) Anona sp. (228759)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Annona sp. (144662)