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Hydrocotyle (water pennywort)

Angiospermae - Apiales

Taxonomy
Hydrocotyle was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Hydrocotyle vulgaris.

It was assigned to Apiales by Linnaeus (1759).

Species
H. americana, H. asiatica, H. umbellata, H. vulgaris (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Hydrocotyle Linnaeus
1759Hydrocotyle Linnaeus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
RankNameAuthor
—Superasterids
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Campanulids
orderApiales
genusHydrocotyle

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. Hydrocotyle Linnaeus 1753 [water pennywort]
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Hydrocotyle americana Linnaeus 1753
Hydrocotyle asiatica Linnaeus 1753
Hydrocotyle umbellata Linnaeus 1753
Hydrocotyle vulgaris Linnaeus 1753
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 Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Manharashtra) Hydrocotyle sp. (63896)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Hydrocotyle vulgaris (22781)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Hydrocotyle sp. (168889 168891 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Hydrocotyle sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Hydrocotyle sp. (168747 168756) Hydrocotyle sp., Hydrocotyle spp. (168749 168751) Hydrocotyle spp. (168750) Hydrocotyle spp., Hydrocotyle sp. (168752 168753 168754 168755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Hydrocotyle sp. (168937)