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Nyctaginaceae
Taxonomy
Nyctaginaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789).
It was assigned to Chenopodiales by Berry (1914) and Knowlton (1919); and to Caryophyllales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Chenopodiales by Berry (1914) and Knowlton (1919); and to Caryophyllales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1789 | Nyctaginaceae de Jussieu |
1914 | Nyctaginaceae Berry p. 140 |
1919 | Nyctaginaceae Knowlton |
2000 | Nyctaginaceae Mabberley |
2016 | Nyctaginaceae 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. †Nyctaginaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Boerhavia Linnaeus 1753 [spiderling]
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Boerhavia diffusa Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia erecta Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia repens Linnaeus 1753
Boerhavia scandens Linnaeus 1753
G. Pisonia Linnaeus 1753 [birdcatcher tree]
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†Pisonia chlorophylloides Berry 1916
†Pisonia claibornensis Berry 1914
†Pisonia cretacea Berry 1910
†Pisonia eolignitica Berry 1916
†Pisonia puryearensis Berry 1916
†Pisonia racemosa Lesquereux 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Quaternary or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tertiary | Dominican Republic (Samana) | Pisonia conditi (31231) | |
Eocene | USA (Georgia) | Pisonia claibornensis (212698) | |
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina | Nyctaginites ellipticus (32201) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Brazil (Para) | Pisonia ampliata (112580) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Cuba (Matanzas) | Pisonia longifoliaformis (32044) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Haiti (Artibonite) | Pisonia conditi (31241) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Ecuador | Pisonia witti (32188) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Pisonia branneri (32009 32010) | |
Neogene | China (Yunnan) | Pisonia sp. (224533) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Bolivia | Pisonia pliocenica (32043) | |
Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Boerhavia sp. (228812) |