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Stellaria

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae

Taxonomy
Stellaria was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Stellaria graminea.

It was assigned to Caryophyllaceae by Jussieu (1789), Chauhan (1991) and Huang et al. (2021).

Species
S. biflora, S. cerastoides, S. dichotoma, S. graminea (type species), S. holostea, S. media, S. nemorum, S. petiolaris
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. oligostriata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Stellaria Linnaeus
1789Stellaria Jussieu
1991Stellaria Chauhan
2021Stellaria Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyCaryophyllaceae
genusStellaria

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. Stellaria Linnaeus 1753
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Stellaria biflora Linnaeus 1753
Stellaria cerastoides Linnaeus 1753
Stellaria dichotoma Linnaeus 1753
Stellaria graminea Linnaeus 1753
Stellaria holostea Linnaeus 1753
Stellaria media Linnaeus 1753
Stellaria nemorum Linnaeus 1753
Stellaria petiolaris von Handel-Mazzetti 1940
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 Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) S. sp. (22820)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) S. media (28046)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) S. holostea (21222)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation (Omsk) S. aquatica (24096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) S. media, S. petiolaris (224476)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) S. holostea (22779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) S. sp. (166707)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) S. sp. (228813 228814 228815 228817)