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Aquifoliaceae

Angiospermae - Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae

Taxonomy
Aquifoliaceae was named by Richard (1820).

It was assigned to Theales by Mabberley (2000); and to Aquifoliales by Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Ilex, Ilexpollenites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Aquifoliaceae Richard
2000Aquifoliaceae Mabberley
2008Aquifoliaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030
2016Aquifoliaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Campanulids
orderAquifolialesSenft 1856
familyAquifoliaceaeRichard 1820
familyAquifoliaceaeRichard 1820

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. †Aquifoliaceae Richard 1820
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G. Ilex Linnaeus 1753 [holly]
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†Ilex affinis Lesquereux 1871
†Ilex amboyensis Berry 1909
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Invalid names: Ilex ovata Newberry 1896 [replaced]
†Ilex armata Lesquereux 1891
†Ilex borealis Heer 1883
†Ilex calvertensis Berry 1916
Ilex cassine Linnaeus 1753
Ilex cornuta Lindley and Paxton 1851
†Ilex dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
Ilex dipyrena Wallich 1820
†Ilex dissimilis Lesquereux 1878
†Ilex elongata Newberry 1895
†Ilex eolignitica Berry 1916
†Ilex florissantensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Ilex microphylla Lesquereux 1883 [replaced]
Ilex glabra Gray 1856
†Ilex grandifolia Lesquereux 1883
†Ilex insignis Heer 1869
Ilex integrifolia Elliott 1850
†Ilex knightiaefolia Lesquereux 1883
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Invalid names: Ilex rigida Kirchner 1898 [synonym]
†Ilex leonis Cockerell 1906
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Invalid names: Ilex quercifolia Lesquereux 1883 [replaced]
†Ilex maculata Lesquereux 1883
†Ilex masoni Lesquereux 1891
Ilex microphylla Hooker 1862
†Ilex microphyllina Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Ilex microphylla Newberry 1882 [replaced]
Ilex opaca Aiton 1789
†Ilex ovata Göppert 1852
†Ilex papillosa Lesquereux 1891
†Ilex prunifolia Lesquereux 1878
†Ilex pseudostenophylla Lesquereux 1883
Ilex quercifolia Meerburgh 1798
†Ilex scudderi Lesquereux 1891
†Ilex severnensis Berry 1911
†Ilex sphenophylla Heer 1873
†Ilex strangulata Lesquereux 1875
†Ilex subdenticulata Lesquereux 1873
Ilex verticillata Linnaeus 1753
†Ilex vomitoriafolia Berry 1916
Ilex wightiana Wallich 1856
†Ilex wyomingiana Lesquereux 1878
G. †Ilexpollenites Thiergart 1937
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†Ilexpollenites clifdenensis McIntyre 1968
†Ilexpollenites ornus Sah and Dutta 1968
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Invalid names: Tricolpopites aquifoliaceaeformis Biswas 1962 [synonym]
†Ilexpollenites salamanquensis Archangelsky and Zamaloa 1986
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 Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (236 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Late/Upper Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Antarctica (Antarctic peninsula) Ilexpollenites indet. (172746)
Albian - Turonian113.0 - 89.8Australia (Victoria) Ilexpollenites indet. (163583)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Ilex serrata (31968)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) Ilex serrata (103148)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (Alberta) Ilex mammillata (35093)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.5 - 61.6Antarctica Ilexpollenites sp. (168697)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Ilexpollenites clifdenensis (149815)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Ilexpollenites salamanquensis (168710)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Ilexpollenites obscuricostata (32522)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Ilexpollenites clifdenensis (151455 151456 151457 151458 151460 151462 151463)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) Ilexpollenites sp. (168705)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Ilex artocarpidioides (39893 39899)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Ilex sp. (22815)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Ilex subcornuta (22819)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Australia (New South Wales) Ilexpollenites spp. (166738 167490 167491 167504 167505 167506 167507 167508 167510 167511 167514 167516)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Ilexpollenites clifdenensis (144270 144274 144276 144277 144283 144284 144286 144287 151621 151622 151623)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) Ilexpollenites spp. (233006 233008 233009)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Ilexpollenites spp. (233004)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Ilex nagatoensis (24463 24465 24481)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) Ilex spp. (231931 231932)