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Quercus ellisiana

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Taxonomy

Quercus ellisiana was named by Lesquereux (1872).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Q. bilobata, Q. castormontis, Q. cuneatus, Q. decora, Q. greenlandica, Q. haynesii, Q. lianghensis, Q. moyei, Q. nerifolia, Q. parachampionii, Q. parvula, Q. pasadorii, Q. perdayana, Q. petros, Q. preturbinella, Q. pubescens, Q. senescens, Q. snookensis, Q. sundaica, Q. uglowi

Synonyms

Quercus pealei was named by Lesquereux (1871). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Quercus ellisiana by Knowlton (1919).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1871	Quercus ellisiana Lesquereux
1871	Quercus pealei Lesquereux
1872	Quercus ellisiana Lesquereux p. 297
1919	Quercus ellisiana Knowlton

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Angiospermae
—	Rosids
—	Eurosids

Rank	Name	Author
—	Fabid
order	Fagales
family	Fagaceae
genus	Quercus
species	ellisiana	Lesquereux 1872

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.

†Quercus ellisiana Lesquereux 1872

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Invalid names: Quercus pealei Lesquereux 1871 [synonym]

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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	USA (Wyoming)	Quercus ellisiana (35576)