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Alstonia

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

Taxonomy
Alstonia was named by Brown (1810). It is extant.

It was assigned to Apocynaceae by Antal and Awasthi (1993), Liu et al. (1996) and Prasad (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Alstonia Brown
1993Alstonia Antal and Awasthi
1996Alstonia Liu et al.
2008Alstonia Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
Asterids
Euasterids
Lamiids
orderGentianales
familyApocynaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAlstoniaBrown 1810

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. Alstonia Brown 1810
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Alstonia mioscholaris Antal and Awasthi 1993
Alstonia nepalensis Prasad and Dwivedi 2007
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: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Miocene or 37.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Sichuan) A. sp. (223914)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03India A. sp. (212868)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal A. nepalensis (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (West Bengal) A. mioscholaris (223486)