Phragmites Adanson 1763 (common reed)

Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Parent taxon: Gramineae according to K. Ozaki 1974

See also Berry 1914, Knowlton 1899, Knowlton 1919, Liu et al. 1996 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Hygrorhizos, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Palaeozea, Zea, Triticum, Bambusites, Festuca, Poacites, Graminophyllum, Phyllostachys, Phalaris, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Berriochloa, Leptaspis, Graminites, Setaria, Muhlenbergia, Rhizocaulon, Arundinaria, Palaeoavena, Glumophyllum, Palaeophragmites, Paleoeriocoma, Chaetochloa, Sorghum, Pennisetum, Stipa, Saccharum, Andropogon, Oryza, Palaeopyrum, Stipidium, Humbertochloa, Bromus

Subtaxa: Phragmites alaskana Phragmites cliffwoodensis Phragmites cordaiformis Phragmites cretaceus Phragmites falcata Phragmites laramianus Phragmites latissima Phragmites prattii

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bolivia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (1), Germany (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (4)

• Miocene of China (3), Germany (2), Italy (1), Japan (9), Switzerland (3), United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Eocene of Canada (3: British Columbia), United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Canada (1: Nunavut)

• Paleocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan)

• Cretaceous of United States (4: Georgia, South Carolina, Wyoming)

Total: 37 collections each including a single occurrence

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