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Hydrocharis morsusranae

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae

Taxonomy
Hydrocharis morsusranae was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. It is the type species of Hydrocharis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. magna, H. neogenica
Entered
by B. Allen on 2025-07-23; modified by B. Allen on 2025-07-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Hydrocharis morsusranae Linnaeus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyHydrocharitaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusHydrocharis
speciesmorsusranae

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.

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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 Serravallian to the top of the Piacenzian or 13.82000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Hydrocharis morsusranae (22897)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Hydrocharis morsusranae (22781)