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Droseraceae
Taxonomy
Droseraceae was named by Salisbury (1808).
It was assigned to Sarraceniales by Knowlton (1919); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1978); to Nepenthales by Mabberley (2000); and to Caryophyllales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Sarraceniales by Knowlton (1919); to Dicotyledones by Chandler (1978); to Nepenthales by Mabberley (2000); and to Caryophyllales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1808 | Droseraceae Salisbury |
| 1919 | Droseraceae Knowlton |
| 1978 | Droseraceae Chandler p. 43 |
| 2000 | Droseraceae Mabberley |
| 2016 | Droseraceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 18 |
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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. †Droseraceae Salisbury 1808
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G. Aldrovanda Linnaeus 1753 [waterwheel plant]
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†Aldrovanda intermedia Reid and Chandler 1926
Aldrovanda vesiculosa Linnaeus 1753
G. Drosera Linnaeus 1753 [sundew]
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Drosera capensis Linnaeus 1753
Drosera indica Linnaeus 1753
Drosera longifolia Linnaeus 1753
Drosera lusitanica Linnaeus 1753
Drosera peltata Thunberg 1797
Drosera rotundifolia Linnaeus 1753
G. †Droseridites Potonié 1960
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†Droseridites baculites Ibrahim 1996
†Droseridites parvus Dutta and Sah 1970
†Droseridites senonicus Jardiné and Magloire 1965
†Droseridites spinosa Cookson 1947
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 125.77000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Collections (59 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barremian - Aptian | Sudan (West Kurdufan) | Droseridites senonicus (145177) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Santonian | Egypt (Matruh) | Droseridites senonicus (137375) | |
| Senonian | Senegal (Dakar) | Droseridites senonicus (137363) | |
| Turonian | Egypt (Western Desert) | Droseridites baculatus (142210 142211 142212 142213 142214 142215) | |
| Turonian | Nigeria (Gambe) | Droseridites senonicus (144201) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | Egypt (north Western Desert) | Droseridites senonicus (140379 140385) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Droseridites spinulosus (123351) | |
| Paleocene | India (Meghalaya) | Droseridites parvus (224683) | |
| Eocene | Antarctica | Droseridites sp. (167931) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Aldrovanda ovata (27663 27664) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Droseraceae indet. (166832) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Tiumensky) | Aldrovanda sp. (22846 22849) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Aldrovanda intermedia (24922 24925 25575 25578) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Droseraceae indet. (169237) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Aldrovanda intermedia (23663 23673 23782 23888) Aldrovanda sp. (22909 23781) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Droseraceae indet. (167314) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Aldrovanda intermedia (23894) Aldrovanda sp. (23897) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Aldrovanda praevesiculosa (27553) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Denmark (Jylland) | Aldrovanda praevesiculosa (28404 28405) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Aldrovanda sp. (24081) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Aldrovanda praevesiculosa (23056 23609) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Aldrovanda praevesiculosa (27064) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Aldrovanda eleanorae, Aldrovanda clavata (24093) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Aldrovanda eleanorae (24287 24317 24321) Aldrovanda eleanorae, Aldrovanda clavata (24094 24098 24286 24320) Aldrovanda sp. (24324 24733) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Aldrovanda praevesiculosa (21222) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Drosera indet. (172836 172873 172876 172884) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Drosera peltata (228792) Drosera sp. (228848) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Drosera sp. (228761) |