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Trochodendron
Sign in to saveTrochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with one living species, Trochodendron aralioides, and six extinct species known from the fossil record. It was often considered the sole genus in the family Trochodendraceae, though botanists now also include the distinct genus Tetracentron in the family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderTrochodendrales
- FamilyTrochodendraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Trochodendraceae
- Collections
- UCMP, USNM, MO, UF, NHA
- Recorded in
- United States, China
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trochodendraceae
- Image
- Trochodendron-aralioides-flowers.JPG
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- taxonomic type
- Trochodendron aralioides
- start time
- 49500000-0
- Commons category
- Trochodendron
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Trochodendron
- topic's main category
- Category:Trochodendron
- taxon common name
- 昆栏树属
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Species
- Fossil record
- References
- External links
Trochodendron is a genus of flowering plants with one living species, Trochodendron aralioides, and six extinct species known from the fossil record. It was often considered the sole genus in the family Trochodendraceae, though botanists now also include the distinct genus Tetracentron in the family.
==Species== Trochodendron aralioides †Trochodendron beckii †Trochodendron drachukii (Infructescence; Ypresian, McAbee Fossil Beds, British Columbia) †Trochodendron evenense (Leaves; Miocene, Kamchatka) †Trochodendron infernense (Infructescence; Late Palaeocene, Fort Union Formation) †Trochodendron kamtschaticum (Infructescence; Miocene, Kamchatka) †Trochodendron nastae (Leaves; Ypresian, Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington state) †Trochodendron postnastae (Leaves; Langhian, Moose Mountain Flora, Oregon) †Trochodendron protoaralioides (Leaves; late Miocene, Japan) †Trochodendron rosayi (Infructescence; Langhian, Moose Mountain Flora, Oregon)
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