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Salviniaceae
Taxonomy
Salviniaceae was named by Lestiboudois. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).
It was assigned to Filicinae by Christophel (1976); to Filicales by Knowlton (1919) and Hickey (1977); to Filicopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Salviniales by Jud (2011), I (2016), Vallati et al. (2016), Vallati et al. (2017), Vallati et al. (2020) and De Benedetti et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Filicinae by Christophel (1976); to Filicales by Knowlton (1919) and Hickey (1977); to Filicopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Salviniales by Jud (2011), I (2016), Vallati et al. (2016), Vallati et al. (2017), Vallati et al. (2020) and De Benedetti et al. (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1919 | Salviniaceae Knowlton |
| 1940 | Sausarospermum Sahni and Srivastava |
| 1970 | Sausarospermum Andrews |
| 1976 | Salviniaceae Christophel |
| 1977 | Salviniaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Salviniaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Salviniaceae Jud |
| 2016 | Salviniaceae I |
| 2016 | Salviniaceae Vallati et al. p. 498 |
| 2017 | Salviniaceae Vallati et al. p. 47 |
| 2020 | Salviniaceae Vallati et al. p. 5 |
| 2024 | Salviniaceae De Benedetti et al. p. 7 |
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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. †Salviniaceae Lestiboudois
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G. †Ariadnaesporites Potonié 1956
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†Ariadnaesporites micromedusus Stough 1968
†Ariadnaesporites spinocaperatus Phillips and Felix 1971
†Ariadnaesporites spinosus Salami 1983
G. Azolla Lamarck 1783
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†Azolla andreisii De Benedetti et al. 2021
†Azolla colhuehuapensis Vallati et al. 2017
†Azolla coloniensis De Benedetti and Zamaloa 2018
†Azolla deccanensis Patil and Upadhya 1980
†Azolla indica Trivedi and Verma 1971
†Azolla intertrappea Sahni and Rao 1934
†Azolla keuja Hermsen et al. 2019
†Azolla nana Dorofeev 1980
†Azolla primaeva Arnold 1955
†Azolla prisca Reid and Chandler 1926
†Azolla schopfii Dijkstra 1961
†Azolla stanleyi Jain and Hall 1969
†Azolla velus Jain and Hall 1969
†Azolla ventricosa Dorofeev 1955
G. Salvinia Adanson 1763 [watermoss]
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†Salvinia coahuilensis Weber 1973
†Salvinia elliptica Newberry 1894
†Salvinia formosa Heer 1859
†Salvinia graui Herbst et al. 1987
†Salvinia hainanensis Wang et al. 2014
†Salvinia intertrappea Mahabale 1950
†Salvinia preauriculata Berry 1925
Invalid names: Sausarospermum Sahni and Srivastava 1940 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (345 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian - Albian | Egypt (Western Desert) | Ariadnaesporites sp. (144965) | |
| Albian - Cenomanian | Canada (Nunavut) | Ariadnaesporites intermedius (32584) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | Ariadnaesporites cristatus (31709 31710 31713) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Minnesota) | Ariadnaesporites varius (31950 31952 32406) Azolla sp., Ariadnaesporites varius (31943 31945) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (Kansas) | Ariadnaesporites ariadnae (32644 32694) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | Canada (Nunavut) | Ariadnaesporites intermedius (32582) | |
| Cenomanian - Cretaceous | USA (Kansas) | Ariadnaesporites ariadnae (32655) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Mexico (Coahuila) | Salvinia coahuilensis (168062) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Canada (Alberta) | Ariadnaesporites longiprocessum (34051 34052) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Alabama) | Ariadnaesporites cristatus (34742) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Azolla like (195706) Azolla type (195707) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | Ariadnaesporites antiquatus (33007 33009 33010 33012 33013 33014 33017 33019 33020 33021 33024 33057 33069) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus, Ariadnaesporites caperatus (33001 33003 33004 33005 33015 33022) Ariadnaesporites caperatus (33059) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Canada (Alberta) | Ariadnaesporites antiquatus (31824 31825 31827 31872 31873 31944) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus, Ariadnaesporites caperatus (31801 31802 31828 31853 31874 31875) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus, Ariadnaesporites caperatus, Ariadnaesporites fustiformis (31826) Ariadnaesporites caperatus (31734) Ariadnaesporites cristatus (31803 31820 31840 31866 31933) Ariadnaesporites cristatus, Ariadnaesporites reticulatus, Ariadnaesporites rugulatus (31817) Ariadnaesporites cristatus, Ariadnaesporites spinocaperatus (31818) Ariadnaesporites rugulatus (31846 31850) Ariadnaesporites spinocaperatus (31809) | |
| Turonian | USA (Maryland) | Ariadnaesporites intermedius (34053) | |
| Coniacian - Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Azolla sp.1, Azolla sp.2, Azolla sp., Ariadnaesporites micromedusus (233992) | |
| Santonian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Ariadnaesporites capulifer (31793 31797) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Ariadnaesporites longiprocessum (33016 33018) Azolla conspicua (33008 33034) | |
| Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | South Sudan | Ariadnaesporites sp. (199957) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Azolla fistulosa (33040) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Azolla sp. (167466) | |