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Suaeda (seepweed)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae

Taxonomy
Suaeda was named by Forsskål (1776). It is extant.

It was assigned to Chenopodiaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991).

Species
S. maritima
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. monoica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Suaeda Forsskål
1976Suaeda Lakhanpal et al.
1991Suaeda Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyChenopodiaceae
genusSuaedaForsskål 1776

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. Suaeda Forsskål 1776 [seepweed]
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Suaeda maritima 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 Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Suaeda sp. (224677 228819)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Suaeda sp. (228810)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Suaeda monoica (22629)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Suaeda sp. (228796 228797)