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Sapindus (soapnut)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Sapindus Linnaeus
1899Sapindus Knowlton
1914Sapindus Berry p. 49
1919Sapindus Knowlton
1991Sapindus Srivastava
1993Sapindus McIver and Basinger
1996Sapindus Liu et al.
2000Sapindus Mabberley
2017Sapindus Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familySapindaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusSapindus

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.

G. Sapindus Linnaeus 1753 [soapnut]
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Sapindus alatus Salisbury 1776
Sapindus angustifolius Lesquereux 1873
Sapindus apiculatus Velenovsky 1884
Sapindus bentonensis Berry 1916
Sapindus caudatus Lesquereux 1872
Sapindus coloradensis Cockerell 1908
Sapindus coushatta Berry 1916
Sapindus dentoni Lesquereux 1875
Sapindus diversifolius Lesquereux 1891
Sapindus eoligniticus Berry 1916
Sapindus eotrifoliatus Prasad et al. 2017
Sapindus formosus Berry 1916
Sapindus georgiana Berry 1914
Sapindus glendivensis Knowlton 1919
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Invalid names: Sapindus alatus Ward 1885 [replaced]
Sapindus grandifolioloides Knowlton 1899
Sapindus imperfectus Hollick 1904
Sapindus inexpectans Knowlton 1905
Sapindus inflexus Lesquereux 1883
Sapindus knowltoni Berry 1916
Sapindus lancifolius Lesquereux 1883
Sapindus leonis Cockerell 1908
Sapindus linearifolius Berry 1916
Sapindus marylandicus Hollick 1906
Sapindus membranaceus Newberry 1868
Sapindus merriami Knowlton 1902
Sapindus morrisoni Lesquereux 1883
Sapindus obtusifolius Lesquereux 1873
Sapindus oklahomensis Berry 1918
Sapindus oregonianus Knowlton 1902
Sapindus oxfordensis Berry 1916
Sapindus pseudaffinis Berry 1916
Sapindus rocklandensis Knowlton 1918
Sapindus stellariaefolius Lesquereux 1878
Sapindus variabilis Berry 1919
Sapindus wardii Knowlton 1899
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 Campanian to the top of the Quaternary or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Sapindus pacificus (35174 35176 35177 35189 35218 35219)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Sapindus morrisoni (210094)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Sapindus grandifoliolus (34428)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Dominican Republic (Samana) Sapindus hispaniolana (31231)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Sapindus eocenicus (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9India (Rajasthan) Sapindus bilinicus, Sapindus falcifolis (228638)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) Sapindus linearifolius (98211)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina Sapindus argentinus (32201)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Sapindus grandifolioloides (24138) Sapindus grandifoliolus (24156) Sapindus grandifoliolus, Sapindus alatus, Sapindus wardii (24087) Sapindus wardii (24155)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Xizang) Sapindus sp. (223828)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Sapindus georgiana (212697)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Sapindus coloradensis (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Sapindus coloradensis (39837 39849)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Sapindus coloradensis (23330)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Rio Negro) Sapindus sp. (137127)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Sapindus coloradensis (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Sapindus ferreirai (112580)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Chile Sapindus acuminatus (32464)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Brazil (Bahia) Sapindus presaponaria (32009)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Sapindus argentinus (32098)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) Sapindus presaponaria (32044)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Sapindus coloradensis (23973)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Sapindus sp. (22796)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Sapindus shandongensis (223803)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Sapindus falcifolius (106002)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Sapindus eotrifoliatus (224500)
MN 5 - MN 7 + 815.97 - 11.1Switzerland (Aargau) Sapindus sp. (46279)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Sapindus tanaii (22739 22744)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Sapindus sp. (21258 21265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Sapindus oklahomensis (35272)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Laos Sapindus linearifolius (224539)