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Akaniaceae

Angiospermae - Brassicales - Akaniaceae

Taxonomy
Akaniaceae was named by Stapf (1912). It was considered unknown by Stapf (1912).

It was assigned to Capparidales by Mabberley (2000); and to Brassicales by Stapf (1912) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Akaniaceae Stapf
2000Akaniaceae Mabberley
2016Akaniaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderBrassicales
familyAkaniaceaeStapf 1912
familyAkaniaceaeStapf 1912

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. †Akaniaceae Stapf 1912
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G. †Akania Hook
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Akania americana Romero and Hickey 1976
Akania patagonica Gandolfo et al. 1988
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: base of the Danian to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Akania sp. (133752 133753)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Middle Eocene58.7 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Akania americana, Akania patagonica (140298)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) Akania patagonica (133043 133045 133047 133054 133057 133065)