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Hydrocharis (frogbit)

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae

Taxonomy
Hydrocharis was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Hydrocharis morsusranae.

It was assigned to Hydrocharitaceae by den Hartog and Kuo (2006).

Species
H. morsusranae (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Hydrocharis Linnaeus
2006Hydrocharis den Hartog and Kuo p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyHydrocharitaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusHydrocharis

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.

G. Hydrocharis Linnaeus 1753 [frogbit]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) Hydrocharis magna (24922 25001 25002 25591)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Hydrocharis sp. (28442)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Hydrocharis neogenica (23050 23055 23058 23355)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Hydrocharis neogenica, Hydrocharis morsusranae (22897)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Hydrocharis neogenica (27064)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Hydrocharis morsusranae (22781)