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Pittosporaceae

Angiospermae - Apiales - Pittosporaceae

Taxonomy
Pittosporaceae was named by Brown (1814).

It was assigned to Rosales by Mabberley (2000); and to Apiales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Pittosporaceae Brown
2000Pittosporaceae Mabberley
2016Pittosporaceae 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
orderApiales
familyPittosporaceaeBrown 1814
familyPittosporaceaeBrown 1814

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. †Pittosporaceae Brown 1814
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G. †Billardierites Caspary 1882
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G. Bursaria Cavanilles 1797
G. Pittosporum Banks 1788 [cheesewood]
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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 Eocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Pittosporum illicioides (22819)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Pittosporum tanaii (24474) Pittosporum tanaii, Pittosporum ubense (24481)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Pittosporum illicioides (22796)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Pittosporum illicioides (21224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Pittosporum sp. (222695)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Pittosporum eriocarpum (224612)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Bursaria sim, Bursaria sp. (168924) Bursaria sp. (168822 168888 168889 168891)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Bursaria sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Bursaria spp. (168749 168750 168753)