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Trochodendrales
| Description | Trochodendraceae is the only family of flowering plants in the order Trochodendrales. It comprises two extant genera, each with a single species found in south east Asia. The two living species (Tetracentron sinense and Trochodendron aralioides) both have secondary xylem without vessel elements, which is quite rare in angiosperms. As the vessel-free wood suggests primitiveness, these two species have attracted much taxonomic attention. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochodendrales, 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 : Trochodendrales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Trochodendrales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Trochodendrales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochodendrales |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eupteleaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Trochodendraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1981 | Trochodendrales Takhtajan |
| 2000 | Trochodendrales Mabberley |
| 2011 | Trochodendrales 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!
