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Montia (miner's lettuce)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Montiaceae

Taxonomy
Montia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Montiaceae by Iversen (1934).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. cymboidea, M. inaequiplicata, M. lamprosperma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Montia Linnaeus
1934Montia Iversen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyMontiaceaeRafinesque 1820
genusMontia

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. Montia Linnaeus 1753 [miner's lettuce]
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland Montia lamprosperma (140294 140296 140297)