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Colubrina
| Description | Colubrina is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia, northern Australia, and the Indian Ocean islands. Common names include nakedwood, snakewood, greenheart and hogplum. The generic name is derived from the Latin word coluber, meaning "snake", and refers to the snake-like stems or stamens. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colubrina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : Colubrina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rhamnales : Rhamnaceae : Colubrina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Colubrina Rich. ex Brongn. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. I. Axelrod. 1939. A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516:1-129 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Nakedwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colubrina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Colubrina acunae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina alluaudii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina amazonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina angustior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina arborescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina articulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina asiatica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina beccariana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina berteroana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina californica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina celtidifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina cordifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina cubensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina decipiens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina ehrenbergii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina elliptica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina faralaotra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina glandulosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina greggii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina heteroneura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina humbertii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina javanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina johnstonii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina lanceolata species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Colubrina macrocarpa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina miocenica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina montana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina nicholsonii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina obscura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina oppositifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina pedunculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina pre-elliptica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina retusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina sordida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina spinosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina stricta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina texensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina travancorica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina triflora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina verrucosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina viridis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Colubrina yucatanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Cormonema Reissek | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : Cormonema |
| Cormonema Reissek ex Endl. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : Cormonema |
| Hybosperma Urb. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : Hybosperma |
| Macrorhamnus Baill. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : Macrorhamnus |
| Barcena Duges | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae : Barcena |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1760 | Colubrina Linné |
| 1939 | Colubrina Axelrod p. 120 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
