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Ulmaceae (elm)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ulmaceae Brisseau-Mirbel p. 905
1919Ulmaceae Knowlton
1926Ulmaceae Knowlton
1941Ulmaceae MacGinitie
1974Ulmaceae Ozaki
1976Ulmaceae Christophel
1977Ulmaceae Hickey
2000Ulmaceae Mabberley
2008Ulmaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Ulmaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderRosales
familyUlmaceae
familyUlmaceae

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. Ulmaceae Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 [elm]
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G. †Cedrelospermum Saporta 1889
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†Cedrelospermum aquense Saporta 1889
†Cedrelospermum asiaticum Jia et al. 2015
†Cedrelospermum leptospermum Manchester 1987
†Cedrelospermum nervosum Newberry 1883
G. †Celtidophyllum Krasser 1896
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G. †Celtipollenites Nagy 1969
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†Celtipollenites gracilis Frederiksen 1988
G. Celtis Linnaeus 1753 [hackberry]
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†Celtis aspera Manchester 2014
Celtis australis Linnaeus 1753
Celtis bungeana Blume 1852
†Celtis kansana Chaney and Elias 1936
†Celtis lingualis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Celtis rugosa Newberry 1882 [replaced]
†Celtis mccoshii Lesquereux 1883
†Celtis newberryi Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Celtis parvifolia Newberry 1882 [replaced]
†Celtis pseudocrassifolia Hollick 1906
Celtis rugosa Willdenow 1897
G. †Celtoidanthus Weyland et al. 1958
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†Celtoidanthus pseudorobustus Weyland et al. 1958
G. †Chaetoptelea Liebmann
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†Chaetoptelea microphylla Newberry 1868
†Chaetoptelea pseudofulva Lesquereux 1878
G. Hemiptelea Planchon
G. Holoptelea Planchon
G. †Holopteleoxylon Awasthi 1977
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†Holopteleoxylon indicum Awasthi 1977
G. Momisia Dietrich
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†Momisia americana Berry 1914
†Momisia carolinensis Berry 1914
G. Planera Gmelin 1791 [water elm]
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Planera aquatica Walter 1791
†Planera betuloides Hollick 1906
Planera crenata Desfontaines 1815
†Planera cretacea Berry 1907
†Planera knowltoniana Hollick 1895
†Planera lingualis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Planera crenata Newberry 1882 [replaced]
†Planera myricaefolia Lesquereux 1883
†Planera nervosa Newberry 1882
†Planera ungeri Ettingshausen 1851
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Invalid names: Planera dubia Lesquereux 1859 [synonym]
†Planera variabilis Newberry 1882
G. Pteroceltis Maximowicz 1873 [wingceltis]
G. †Tremophyllum Rueffle 1963
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G. †Ulmaceaepites Biswas 1962
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†Ulmaceaepites garoensis Biswas 1962
G. †Ulmacites Caspary 1886
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†Ulmacites succineus Caspary 1886
G. †Ulmites Dawson 1891
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†Ulmites microphylla Newberry 1868
†Ulmites pusillus Dawson 1890
G. †Ulmophyllum Ettingshausen 1886
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†Ulmophyllum brookense Fontaine 1889
†Ulmophyllum crassinerve Fontaine 1889
†Ulmophyllum densinerve Fontaine 1899
†Ulmophyllum oblongum Ettingshausen 1886
†Ulmophyllum priscum Dawson 1893
†Ulmophyllum tenuinerve Fontaine 1889
Invalid names: Ulmiphyllum Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Ulmoxylon Kaiser 1879
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†Ulmoxylon lapidariorum Unger 1842
†Ulmoxylon simrothi Platen 1907
G. Ulmus Linnaeus 1753 [elm]
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†Ulmus affinis Lesquereux 1878
Ulmus alata Michaux 1803
Ulmus americana Linnaeus 1753
†Ulmus antecedens Lesquereux 1888
†Ulmus basicordata Hollick 1904
†Ulmus betuloides Hollick 1906
†Ulmus braunii Heer 1856
†Ulmus brownellii Lesquereux 1883
†Ulmus californica Lesquereux 1878
Ulmus campestris Linnaeus 1753
†Ulmus chuchuanus Berry 1926
†Ulmus columbiana Penhallow 1907
†Ulmus columbianus Berry 1926
†Ulmus dubia Dawson 1882
†Ulmus fernquisti Knowlton 1926
†Ulmus grandifolia Newberry 1882
†Ulmus hilliae Lesquereux 1883
Ulmus macrocarpa Hance 1868
†Ulmus maguanensis Zhang and Xing 2018
†Ulmus minima Ward 1885
†Ulmus newberryi Knowlton 1902
†Ulmus okanaganensis Denk and Dillhoff 2005
†Ulmus orbicularis Ward 1885
Ulmus parvifolia Jacquin 1798
Ulmus planeroides Carrière 1875
†Ulmus plurinervia Unger 1847
†Ulmus praecursor Dawson 1886
†Ulmus prelanceaefolia Zhang and Xing 2018
†Ulmus protoamericana Penhallow 1907
†Ulmus protoracemosa Penhallow 1907
†Ulmus pseudoracemosa Hollick 1906
Ulmus pumila Linnaeus 1753
†Ulmus quercifolia Unger 1847
Ulmus racemosa Thomas 1896
†Ulmus rhamnifolia Ward 1885
†Ulmus sorbifolia Göppert 1852
†Ulmus speciosa Newberry 1883
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Invalid names: Ulmus pseudoamericana Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
†Ulmus tenuinervis Lesquereux 1873
Ulmus wallichiana Planchon 1848
†Ulmus wardii Knowlton and Cockerell 1919
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Invalid names: Ulmus planeroides Ward 1885 [replaced]
G. †Ulmuxylon Sacchi Vialli 1958
G. Zelkova Spach 1841 [zelkova]
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†Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865
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 Albian to the top of the Holocene or 109.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (486 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Ulmiphyllum densinerve (34841)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6USA (Virginia) Ulmiphyllum crassinerve (106317)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Zelkova sp. (35209)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Kazakhstan (Qyzylorda) Ulmaceae indet. (53893)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan (Hyogo) Ulmus sp. (176812)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Ulmaceae HC036 (25913 25917 25922 25923) Ulmaceae HC36 (48183 48184 48185 48186 48191 48195 48199 48218 48219 48231 48232 48262 48273 48275 48286 48290)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Ulmaceae indet. (54105)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Celtis peracuminata (53530) Viburnum asperum (53692) Zelkova planeroides (53533)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) Ulmaceae indet. (22834) Ulmaceae indet., Zelkova sp. (22833)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Wyoming) Ulmaceae indet. (31296)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Planera microphylla (40390 58014) Viburnum asperum (58017 58033 58036)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Celtis aspera (Newberry), Viburnum asperum (31538) Planera microphylla (43250 43251 53694 55852) Ulmus rhamnifolia (53959) Ulmus rhamnifolia, Zelkova planeroides (40092 40744) Viburnum asperum (53539 53693 53943 53960 55851) Viburnum asperum, Planera microphylla (53536 53948) Zelkova planeroides (40272 40274 40284 43403 53529 53601 53838) Zelkova planeroides, Planera microphylla (53608)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Heilongjiang) Planera microphylla (223817)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Ulmus rhamnifolia, Zelkova planeroides, Planera microphylla (39899)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Celtis newberryi (58000) Planera microphylla (40884) ULMACEAE indet. (31219) Ulmaceae indet. (31006 31221 31222 31289 31291 31292 31293 31294 31295) Ulmus rhamnifolia (58003) Viburnum asperum (40825 57977 57986 57990 57996 57997)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Mexico) Planera microphylla (43246) Viburnum asperum (43161)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (South Dakota) Planera raynoldsi (58005) Zelkova planeroides (58007)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Ulmus protojaponica, Ulmus subparvifolia, Zelkova ungeri (22819)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Celtis sp. (22815)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Celtis aspera (28632 28633 28636 28637 28638 28641 28644) Ulmus microphylla (11331)