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Gunneraceae

Angiospermae - Gunnerales - Gunneraceae

Taxonomy

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Gunneraceae Meissner
2000Gunneraceae Mabberley
2008Gunneraceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Gunneraceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16
2022Gunneraceae Vera et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderGunneralesTakhtajan 1992
familyGunneraceaeMeissner 1842
familyGunneraceaeMeissner 1842

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. †Gunneraceae Meissner 1842
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G. Gunnera Linnaeus
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 Eocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Gunnera sp. (169358)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Gunnera chilensis, Gunnera magellanica (169381)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) Gunnera sp. (166707)