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Trochocarpa
Description | Trochocarpa is a genus of shrubs or small trees, of the plant family Ericaceae. They occur naturally through coastal and montane eastern Australian rainforests and mountain shrublands and in New Guinea, Borneo and Sulawesi (Malesia). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochocarpa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ericales : Ericaceae : Trochocarpa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ericales : Ericaceae : Trochocarpa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Trochocarpa R.Br. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. S. Hill. 1991. Leaves of Eucryphia (Eucryphiaceae) from tertiary sediments in south-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 4(3):481-497 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochocarpa |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Trochocarpa arfakensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa celebica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa clarkei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa cunninghamii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa dekockii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa dispersa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa disticha species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa gjellerupii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa gunnii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa laurina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa montana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa nubicola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa nutans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa papuana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trochocarpa thymifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Decaspora R.Br. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ericales : Ericaceae : Decaspora |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1810 | Trochocarpa Brown |
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!