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Epacridaceae

Angiospermae - Ericales - Epacridaceae

Taxonomy
Epacridaceae was named by Brown.

It was assigned to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1961) and Chandler (1963); and to Ericales by Mabberley (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Epacridaceae Chandler p. 108
1963Epacridaceae Chandler p. 126
2000Epacridaceae Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderEricales()
familyEpacridaceaeBrown
familyEpacridaceaeBrown

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. †Epacridaceae Brown
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G. †Dulaurensia Reid 1930
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Dulaurensia pulchra Reid 1930
G. Leucopogon Brown 1810
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Leucopogon quadrilocularis Reid and Chandler 1933
Invalid names: Styphelieae [empty]
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 Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Epacridaceae indet. (21244) Leucopogon quadrilocularis (21249 22804 22806)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Epacridaceae indet., Leucopogon sp. (24109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Leucopogon indet. (172832 172833 172837 172867 172870 172873 172874 172876 172877 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126Australia (Tasmania) Epacridaceae indet. (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Epacridaceae indet. (168892 168918)