Family Zosteraceae Dumortier 1829

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Zosteraceae

Alternative spelling: Zosteroideae

Parent taxon: Alismatales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Daghlian 1981, den Hartog 1970, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Alismataceae, Aponogetonaceae, Butomaceae, Cymodoceaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Maundiaceae, Pennipollis, Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Ruppiaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Thalassocharis, Tofieldiaceae, Zannichelliaceae

Subtaxa: Archaeozostera Phyllospadix

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Cretaceous of Japan (10)

Total: 12 collections including 39 occurrences

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