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Dioscoreaceae
Taxonomy
Dioscoreaceae was named by Brown (1810). It is extant.
It was assigned to Liliales by Knowlton (1919); and to Dioscoreales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Liliales by Knowlton (1919); and to Dioscoreales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1810 | Dioscoreaceae Brown |
1919 | Dioscoreaceae Knowlton |
2000 | Dioscoreaceae Mabberley |
2008 | Dioscoreaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
2016 | Dioscoreaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15 |
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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. Dioscoreaceae Brown 1810
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G. Dioscorea Linnaeus 1753 [yam]
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†Dioscorea cretacea Lesquereux 1874
†Dioscorea wilkinii Pan et al. 2014
Invalid names: Lasiophyton Uline 1897 [empty]
G. †Dioscoreophyllum Kraeusel and Weyland 1954
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†Dioscoreophyllum liblarense Kraeusel and Weyland 1954
G. †Rimilatericutis Roselt and Schneider 1969
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†Rimilatericutis tenuis Roselt and Schneider 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Dioscorea sp. (24209) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Ethiopia | Dioscorea wilkinii (169320) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Panama | Dioscoreaceae indet. (32396) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Ethiopia | Tacca umerii (169321) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Colombia (Santander) | Dioscorea sp. (32100) | |
Langhian | Germany (Sachsen) | Dioscorea liblarensis (27517) | |
Serravallian | Kenya | Dioscorea longicuspis (22266) Dioscorea sp. (22315) Dioscoreaceae indet. (22311 22312) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | China (Yunnan) | Dioscorea sp. (224402) |