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Solanales
| Description | The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. Some older sources used the name Polemoniales for this order. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanales, 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 : Solanales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Solanales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Solanales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (38%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 58.7 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Potatisordningen, ナス, Nachtschattenartige | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanales |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Convolvulaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 25 | 58.7 Ma Paleocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Hydroleaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hydrophyllaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Montiniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nolanaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Polemoniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Solanaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 41 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Sphenocleaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1820 | Solanales Jussieu |
| 2000 | Solanales Mabberley |
| 2008 | Solanales Taylor et al. p. 1030 |
| 2011 | Solanales Jud |
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!
