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Laurus
Taxonomy
Laurus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lauraceae by Knowlton (1899), Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Lauraceae by Knowlton (1899), Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
Species
L. acuminata, L. antecedens, L. atanensis (syn. L. angusta), L. baueri, L. brossiana, L. californica, L. cascadia, L. caudata, L. colombi, L. coloradensis, L. crassinervis, L. fuerstenbergii, L. grandis, L. hollae, L. hollickii, L. knowltoni, L. macrocarpa, L. mansuyi, L. microcarpa, L. modesta, L. montana, L. nebrascensis, L. newberryana, L. omalii, L. oregoniana, L. palaeophila (syn. L. acuminata), L. perdita, L. plutonia, L. praestans, L. primigenia, L. princeps, L. proteaefolia, L. ratonensis (syn. Ficus pseudolmediafolia), L. resurgens, L. salicifolia, L. schmidtiana, L. similis, L. socialis, L. teliformis, L. utahensis, L. wardiana (syn. L. ocoteoides)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Laurus Linnaeus 1753
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Laurus acuminata Brown 1864
†Laurus antecedens Lesquereux 1885
†Laurus baueri Knowlton 1916
†Laurus brossiana Lesquereux 1878
†Laurus californica Lesquereux 1883
†Laurus cascadia Duror 1916
†Laurus caudata Knowlton 1918
†Laurus colombi Heer 1865
†Laurus coloradensis Knowlton 1917
†Laurus crassinervis Dawson 1882
†Laurus fuerstenbergii Braun 1850
†Laurus grandis Lesquereux 1883
†Laurus hollae Heer 1882
†Laurus hollickii Berry 1903
†Laurus knowltoni Lesquereux 1891
†Laurus macrocarpa Lesquereux 1868
†Laurus mansuyi Colani 1920
†Laurus microcarpa Lesquereux 1891
†Laurus modesta Lesquereux 1883
†Laurus montana Knowlton 1899
†Laurus nebrascensis Lesquereux 1869
†Laurus newberryana Hollick 1892
†Laurus omalii Saporta and Marion 1873
†Laurus oregoniana Knowlton 1902
†Laurus palaeophila Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Laurus acuminata Newberry 1882 [replaced]
†Laurus perdita Knowlton 1899
†Laurus plutonia Heer 1882
†Laurus praestans Lesquereux 1875
†Laurus primigenia Unger 1850
†Laurus princeps Heer 1856
†Laurus proteaefolia Lesquereux 1875
†Laurus resurgens Saporta 1866
Laurus salicifolia Banks and Solander 1838
†Laurus schmidtiana Heer 1878
†Laurus similis Knowlton 1900
†Laurus socialis Lesquereux 1878
†Laurus teliformis Lesquereux 1891
†Laurus utahensis Lesquereux 1878
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Collections (48 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Albian | USA (Wyoming) | L. aspensis (31174) | |
Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | L. aspensis (34972) | |
Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | L. plutonia (210091 210094) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | L. sp. (45728) | |
Puercan - Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | L. socialis (52936) | |
Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | L. socialis (40140 40836 43309 57973 57997) | |
Paleocene | USA (Montana) | L. socialis (40532 40781 40891 40932) | |
Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | L. socialis (52825 53002 53065 53084) | |
Paleocene | USA (New Mexico) | L. socialis (41187 43147) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | L. lalages (22811) | |
Eocene | USA (Alaska) | L. sp. (112313) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | L. californica (24156 35580) L. californica, L. grandis (24089 24145 24147 24155) L. grandis (24157) L. perdita (24130) L. perdita, L. grandis (24132) L. primigenia (24196) L. primigenia, L. montana, L. princeps (24087) | |
Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | L. abchasica (68021) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | L. sp. (46321) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Washington) | L. grandis (103753) | |
Miocene | USA (Washington) | L. grandis (224400) L. princeps (224397) L. princeps, L. californica, L. grandis, L. similis (224391) L. similis (224390 224393) | |
Miocene | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | L. sp. (46322) | |
Neogene | China (Yunnan) | L. sp. (224533) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | L. styracifolia (23045) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | L. obovalis (222698) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | L. nobilis (50523) | |
Quaternary | Vietnam | L. mansuyi (224536) |