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Cercocarpus
Description | Cercocarpus, commonly known as mountain mahogany, is a small genus of at least nine species of nitrogen-fixing flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in chaparral and semidesert habitats and climates, often at high altitudes. Several are found in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercocarpus, 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 : Rosales : Rosaceae : Cercocarpus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rosaceae : Cercocarpus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cercocarpus Kunth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. I. Axelrod. 1939. A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516:1-129 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Mountain-mahogany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercocarpus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cercocarpus antiquus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 13.6 Ma Miocene | |
Cercocarpus douglasii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus eastgatensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus fothergilloides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus glaberoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus henricksonii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus intricatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus ledifolius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus macrophyllus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus mexicanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus mojadensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus montanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus nevadensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus ovatifolius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus parvifolius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus praeledifolius ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Cercocarpus pringlei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus rotundifolius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus rzedowskii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Cercocarpus traskiae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1823 | Cercocarpus Humboldt et al. |
1939 | Cercocarpus Axelrod p. 106 |
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!