†order Commelinales Mirbel 1820

Angiospermae - Commelinales

Parent taxon: Monocots according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Acorales, Aglaoreidia, Araceae, Arecaceae, Arecales, Asparagales, Commelinids, Dioscoreales, Liliaceae, Liliales, Pandanales, Petrosaviales, Poales, Zingiberales

Subtaxa: Commelinaceae Haemodoraceae Hanguanaceae Philydraceae Philydrum Pontederiaceae

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), India (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Germany (1)

• Miocene of Germany (9), Kenya (2)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Paleogene of India (1)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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