Family Ruppiaceae Horaninow 1834 (widgeonweed)

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Ruppiaceae

Parent taxon: Alismatales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Alismataceae, Aponogetonaceae, Butomaceae, Cymodoceaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Juncaginaceae, Maundiaceae, Pennipollis, Posidoniaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Scheuchzeriaceae, Thalassocharis, Tofieldiaceae, Zannichelliaceae, Zosteraceae

Subtaxa: Ruppia

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (2), Poland (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Florida)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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