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Stellaria media

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae

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

It was recombined as Stellaria media by Villars (1789) and Huang et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Alsine media Linnaeus
1789Stellaria media Villars
2021Stellaria media Huang et al.

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

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.

Stellaria media Linnaeus 1753
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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: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Stellaria media (28046)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Stellaria media (224476)