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Santalales
| Description | The Santalales are an order of flowering plants with a cosmopolitan distribution, but heavily concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions. It derives its name from its type genus Santalum (sandalwood). Mistletoe is the common name for a number of parasitic plants within the order. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santalales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Santalales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Santalales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Santalales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 94 Ma Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Sandelholzartige, ビャクダン, Sandelträdsordningen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santalales |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aptandraceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Balanophoraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Coulaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eremolepidaceae family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Erythropalaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Loranthaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 105 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Medusandraceae family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Misodendraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Octoknemaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Olacaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Opiliaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
 Santalaceaefamily | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Schoepfiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strombosiaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Viscaceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ximeniaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anacolosidites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 42 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Exocarpos genus | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1820 | Santalales Brown |
| 2000 | Santalales Mabberley |
| 2011 | Santalales 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!
