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Fraxinus

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Description

Fraxinus , English name ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3172323	https://www.gbif.org/species/3172323
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54727	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54727

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : Fraxinus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Scrophulariales : Oleaceae : Fraxinus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Magnoliopsida	Cronquist et al. 1996
subclass	Asteridae
order	Scrophulariales
family	Oleaceae	von Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809
genus	Fraxinus	L.

Scientific Name

Fraxinus L.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Fraxinus	genus	belongs to Oleaceae	stated without evidence	Knowlton, 1899

Taxon Size (PBDB)

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)

Esche, Ash, Ash Trees, Askar, 물푸레나무속

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraxinus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Fraxinus abbreviata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus alcorni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus angustifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus anomala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus apertisquamifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus baroniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus berlandieriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus bornmuelleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus borzae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus brevialata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus bungeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus caroliniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus cataubiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus chiisanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus chinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus coulteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus cuspidata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus dayana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus denticulata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fraxinus depauperata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus desatoyana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus dimorpha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus dipetala species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus eastgatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus edenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus eoceneica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus eocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus excelsior species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus faurei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus ferruginea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus floribunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus gooddingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus greggii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus griffithii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus heerii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus holotricha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus hookeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus hubeiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus hybr species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus hybrida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus idahoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus inordinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus insularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus integrifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus kenaica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus lanuginosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus lateralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus latifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus libbeyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus longicuspis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus malacophylla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus mandshurica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus mespilifolia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus micrantha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus millsiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus mohavensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus nigra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus odontocalyx species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus ornus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus palaeophila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus pallisae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus pallisiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus papillosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus paxiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus pennsylvanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus petiolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus platypoda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus potosina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus pringlei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus profunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus pseudoblinqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus punctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus purpusii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus quadrangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus raibocarpa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus reflexiflora species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus rehderiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus remusoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus richmondensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus rufescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus saxonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus sieboldiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus sogdiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus stylosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus suaveolens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus texensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus trifoliolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus uhdei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus ungeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus velutina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus wieserae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus wilcoxiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus wrightii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Fraxinus xanthoxyloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fraxinus yubaensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Fraxinus yukonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Apilia C.S.Rafinesque, 1838	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Apilia*
Petlomelia Nieuwl.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Petlomelia*
Calycomelia Kostel.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Calycomelia*
Fraxinoides Medik.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Fraxinoides*
Samarpses Raf.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Samarpses*
Leptalix Raf.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Leptalix*
Meliopsis Rchb.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Meliopsis*
Samarpsea Raf.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Samarpsea*
Mannaphorus Raf.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Mannaphorus*
Ornus Boehm.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Ornus*
Aplilia Raf.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Aplilia*
Ornanthes Raf.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Lamiales : Oleaceae : *Ornanthes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1899	Fraxinus Knowlton
1941	Fraxinus MacGinitie
2000	Fraxinus Mabberley

References

MacGinitie H. D. (1941) A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534, 1-178

Knowlton F. H. Fossil Flora of the Yellowstone National Park, USGS Monograph Series 32 2

Mabberley D.J. (2000) The Plant-Book, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p.

Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aronsson, Mora (2004) Thomas Karlssons Kärlväxtlista - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Van der Meijden, R. (2005) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

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!

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