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Cercidiphyllum
| Description | Cercidiphyllum is a genus containing two species of plants, both commonly called katsura. They are the sole members of the monotypic family Cercidiphyllaceae. The genus is native to Japan and China and unrelated to Cercis (redbuds). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercidiphyllum, 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 : Saxifragales : Cercidiphyllaceae : Cercidiphyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Saxifragales : Cercidiphyllaceae : Cercidiphyllum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | katsura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Cercidiphyllum Siebold & Zucc. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 66 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Katsura, Katsura Tree, Katsurasläktet, Katsuror | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercidiphyllum |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cercidiphyllum alalongum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cercidiphyllum alaskanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cercidiphyllum elongatum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Cercidiphyllum japonicum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cercidiphyllum magnificum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Populus genetrix species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 86 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1846 | Cercidiphyllum Siebold and Zuccarini |
| 1941 | Cercidiphyllum MacGinitie |
| 1959 | Cercidiphyllum Brown p. 128 |
| 1976 | Cercidiphyllum Christophel |
| 1993 | Cercidiphyllum McIver and Basinger |
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!
