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Commelinaceae (dayflower)
Taxonomy
Commelinaceae was named by de Mirbel (1804). It is extant.
It was assigned to Commelinales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Commelinales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1804 | Commelinaceae de Mirbel |
| 2000 | Commelinaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Commelinaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Commelinaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15 |
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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.
Fm. Commelinaceae de Mirbel 1804 [dayflower]
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G. Cyanotis Don 1825
G. Rhoeo Hance
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Calabrian or 13.82000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian | Kenya | Commelinaceae indet. (22311 22312) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Commelinaceae indet. (22335) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Cyanotis sp. (228792) |