Family Apiaceae Lindley 1836

Angiospermae - Apiales - Apiaceae

Synonym: Umbelliferae de Jussieu

Full reference: J. Lindley. 1836. A natural system of botany; or, A systematic view of the organisation, natural affinities, and geographical distribution of the whole vegetable kingdom, 2d ed.

Parent taxon: Apiales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Sniderman 2011

Sister taxa: Araliaceae, Griseliniaceae, Hederaephyllum, Hederophyllum, Hydrocotyle, Hydrocotylophyllum, Myodocarpaceae, Oenanthe, Pennantiaceae, Pittosporaceae, Torricelliaceae

Subtaxa: Bupleurum Diachaenites Dichosciadium Oreomyrrhis Oxypolis Peucedanites Pimpinellites Sanicula Umbelliferaepites Umbelliferoipollenites Umbelliferospermum

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (19), India (34), Japan (1), United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene of Portugal (9)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)

• Miocene of China (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (3: Massachusetts, Virginia)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), India (2)

Total: 84 collections including 92 occurrences

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