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Ruppiaceae (widgeonweed)

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Ruppiaceae

Taxonomy
Ruppiaceae was named by Horaninow (1834). It is extant.

It was assigned to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Ruppia
Entered
by J. Cassara (authorized by H. Sims) on 2003-11-29; modified by B. Allen on 2023-02-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Ruppiaceae Horaninow
2000Ruppiaceae Mabberley
2016Ruppiaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyRuppiaceaeHoraninow 1834
familyRuppiaceaeHoraninow 1834

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. Ruppiaceae Horaninow 1834 [widgeonweed]
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G. Ruppia Linnaeus 1753
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Ruppia maritima Linnaeus 1758
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 Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Florida) Ruppia sp. (120294)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Florida) Ruppia sp. (49882)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Ruppia maritima - miocaenica, Ruppia major (28442)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Ruppia palaeomaritima (27925)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Ruppia palaeomaritima (27930)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Ruppia sp. (228797)