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Coprosma

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Rubiaceae

Taxonomy
Coprosma was named by Forster and Forster (1775). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rubiaceae by Forster and Forster (1775).

Species
C. incerta
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. spathulatifolia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Coprosma Forster and Forster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderGentianales
familyRubiaceae
genusCoprosmaForster and Forster 1775

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Coprosma Forster and Forster 1775
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†Coprosma incerta Berry 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina C. spathulatifolia, C. incerta (32201)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (169007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Coprosma indet. (172832 172833 172837 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) C. sp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (168889 168891 168893)