Family Posidoniaceae Hutchinson 1895

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Posidoniaceae

Alternative spelling: Posidonioideae

Parent taxon: Alismatales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also den Hartog 1970 and Mabberley 2000

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

Subtaxa: Posidocea Posidonia

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Spain (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (9), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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