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Myriophyllum

Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Haloragaceae

Taxonomy
Myriophyllum was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Haloragidaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Haloragaceae by Chauhan (1991) and Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. constrictum, M. verticillatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Myriophyllum Linnaeus
1976Myriophyllum Lakhanpal et al.
1991Myriophyllum Chauhan
2003Myriophyllum Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superrosids
orderSaxifragales
familyHaloragaceaeBrown 1814
genusMyriophyllum

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. Myriophyllum Linnaeus 1753
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) M. pulchellum (24322)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) M. sp. (22819)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) M. sp. (169358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) M. sp. (227631)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) M. sp. (22901)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) M. sp. (227787)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) M. sp. (22844)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) M. pulchellum (23906)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) M. sp. (231784 231825)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) M. alternifolium (28442)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) M. monstrosum, M. pulchellum (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) M. sp. (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) M. monstrosum, M. pulchellum (24098) M. pulchellum (24100 24317 24320 24321) M. pulchellum, M. verticillatum (24094 24286)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) M. sp. (28134)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) M. sp. (51757 51758)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation (Omsk) M. verticillatum (24096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) M. praespicatum, M. spicatum (22779) M. spicatum (22781)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Piemonte) M. microcarpum (27023)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) M. praespicatum (22783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) M. scabratum, M. heterophyllum (61887)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Myriophyllum indet. (172830 172832 172833 172837 172855 172867 172870 172873 172874 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) M. sp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) M. sp. (224612 224715 224751)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) M. sp. (228819)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) M. sp. (228772)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168893 168904 168918 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) M. sp. (228794 228795)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) M. sp. (228774 228775 228777 228778)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) M. sp. (228761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) M. sp. (228848 228849)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Myriophyllum indet. (79919)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129India (Jammu and Kashmir) M. sp. (228782)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) M. sp. (103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) M. spicatum (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) M. alternifolium, M. spicatum, M. sp. (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) M. sp. (228796)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) M. sp. (228783)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) M. sp. (228762 228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (168937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) M. sp. (228788)