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Ebenaceae
| Description | The Ebenaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to order Ericales. It includes ebony and persimmon among about 768 species of trees and shrubs. The family is distributed across the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world. The family is most diverse in the rainforests of Malesia, India, tropical Africa and tropical America. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenaceae, 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 : Ericales : Ebenaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Theales : Ebenaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ebenaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. IV, 1: 153. Dec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 94 Ma 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) | Ebony, 감나무과, Ebony Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenaceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Austrodiospyros ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Diospyros ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Euclea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leucoxylum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lissocarpa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Disopyros maclurei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Heisteria sasp species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Diospyraceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ericales : Diospyraceae |
| Lissocarpaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ericales : Lissocarpaceae |
| Guaiacanaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ericales : Guaiacanaceae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1891 | Ebenaceae Guerke |
| 1941 | Ebenaceae MacGinitie |
| 2000 | Ebenaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Ebenaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030 |
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!
