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Asteliaceae

Angiospermae - Asparagales - Asteliaceae

Taxonomy
Asteliaceae was named by Dumortier (1829).

It was assigned to Asparagales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Astelia, Milligania

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Asteliaceae Dumortier
2000Asteliaceae Mabberley
2016Asteliaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
orderAsparagales
familyAsteliaceaeDumortier 1829
familyAsteliaceaeDumortier 1829

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. †Asteliaceae Dumortier 1829
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G. †Astelia Banks et al. 1810
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†Astelia antiquua Maciunas et al. 2011
G. Milligania Hooker 1853
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand Astelia antiquua (50035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Astelia indet. (172883)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) Astelia alpina, Astelia sp., Milligania sp. (166707)