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Commelinacea

Angiospermae - Commelinacea

Taxonomy
Commelinacea was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Monocotyledonae by Jacobs and Kabuye (1987).

Subtaxa
Pollia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Commelinacea Linnaeus
1987Commelinacea Jacobs and Kabuye p. 150

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
subclassMonocotyledoneae
familyCommelinaceaLinnaeus 1758
familyCommelinaceaLinnaeus 1758

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. Commelinacea Linnaeus 1758
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G. Pollia Thunb 1781
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: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya Pollia tugenensis (22266 22313 22314 22315)