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Rhamnaceae

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Description

Rhamnaceae is a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2407	https://www.gbif.org/species/2407
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	53796	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=53796

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rhamnaceae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rhamnales : Rhamnaceae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Magnoliopsida	Cronquist et al. 1996
subclass	Rosidae	Takhtajan 1967
order	Rhamnales
family	Rhamnaceae	Jussieu 1789

Scientific Name

Rhamnaceae

Name Published In

Gen. Pl.: 376. 4 Aug

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhamnaceae	family	belongs to Rhamnales	stated without evidence	MacGinitie, 1941
Rhamnaceae	family	belongs to Rosales	implied	Taylor et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

14 (36%)

First Recorded Appearance

113 - 94 Ma
Cretaceous

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. H. Jones and D. L. Dilcher. 1980. Investigations of angiosperms from the Eocene of North America: Rhamnus marginatus (Rhamnaceae) reexamined. American Journal of Botany 67(6):959-967

Common Name(s)

Brakvedsväxter, Wegedoornfamilie, Trollheggfamilien, ხეჭრელისებრნი, 갈매나무과, Buckthorns, Nerpruns, Kreuzdorngewächse, Rhamnacées, Buckthorn Family

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Adolphia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alaternus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alphitonia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Alvimiantha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ampelozizyphus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Araracuara genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Archaeopaliurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Atadinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Auerodendron genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathiorhamnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Berchemia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Berchemiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Berchemiopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Berhamniphyllum genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	48.6 Ma Eocene
Blackallia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceanothus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Ceanothus	15	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Chacaya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Colletia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Colubrina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Condalia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Crumenaria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptandra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dallachya genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Discaria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Doerpfeldia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Emmenosperma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Endotropis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Frangula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Girtanneria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gouania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Granitites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Helinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hovenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Johnstonalia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Jububa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Karwinskia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Kentrothamnus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Krugiodendron genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lasiodiscus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Maesopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mansana genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nesiota genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Noltea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nothiantha ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ochetophila genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paliurites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paliuros genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paliurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		44	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Papistylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phylica genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polianthion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pomaderris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pseudoziziphus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Reissekia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Retanilla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Reynosia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhamnacinium genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rhamnella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhamnidium genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	48.6 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Rhamnites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Rhamnus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		82	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Rhamzogia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sageretia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sarcomphalus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Schistocarpaea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scutia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serichonus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siegfriedia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Smythea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sondaria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Soulangia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spyridium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenanthemum genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Suessenia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trevoa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichocephalus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trymalium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ventilago genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ziziphus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Zizyphoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zizyphus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		48	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Columbrina stricta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Henshawia pentandra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Isodendrion fauriei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Frangulaceae	GBIF	family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Frangulaceae
Ziziphaceae	GBIF	family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Ziziphaceae
Phylicaceae	GBIF	family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Phylicaceae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1789	Rhamnaceae Jussieu
1941	Rhamnaceae MacGinitie
1993	Rhamnaceae McIver and Basinger
2000	Rhamnaceae Mabberley
2008	Rhamnaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029

References

Jones J. H., Dilcher D. L. (1980) Investigations of angiosperms from the Eocene of North America: Rhamnus marginatus (Rhamnaceae) reexamined, American Journal of Botany 67 6, 959-967

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

McIver E. E., Basinger J. F. (1993) Flora of the Ravenscrag Formation (Paleocene), Southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, Palaeontographica Canadiana 10, 1-85

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

Taylor E., Taylor T., et al (2008) Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, 1-1230

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, R., Hallingbäck, T., Hansson, H.G. & Hedström, L. (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska växtfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gen. Pl.: 376. 4 Aug - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161(2): 105-121. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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