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Ceratophyllaceae (hornwort)

Angiospermae - Ceratophyllales - Ceratophyllaceae

Taxonomy
Ceratophyllaceae was named by Gray (1822). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ceratophyllales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Entered
by J. Cassara (authorized by H. Sims) on 2003-11-11; modified by B. Allen on 2023-01-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ceratophyllaceae Gray
2000Ceratophyllaceae Mabberley
2008Ceratophyllaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Ceratophyllaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms()
orderCeratophyllalesLink 1829
familyCeratophyllaceaeGray 1822
familyCeratophyllaceaeGray 1822

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Ceratophyllaceae Gray 1822 [hornwort]
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G. Ceratophyllum Linnaeus 1753
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Ceratophyllum demersum Linnaeus 1753
G. †Donlesia Dilcher and Wang 2009
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Donlesia dakotensis Dilcher and Wang 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available