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Eriocaulaceae

Angiospermae - Poales - Eriocaulaceae

Taxonomy
Eriocaulaceae was named by Desvaux (1820).

It was assigned to Xyridales by Knowlton (1919); to Eriocaulales by Mabberley (2000); and to Poales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Eriocaulon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Eriocaulaceae Desvaux
1919Eriocaulaceae Knowlton
2000Eriocaulaceae Mabberley
2016Eriocaulaceae 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
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
orderPoales
familyEriocaulaceaeDesvaux 1820
familyEriocaulaceaeDesvaux 1820

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. †Eriocaulaceae Desvaux 1820
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G. Eriocaulon Linnaeus 1753 [pipewort]
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Eriocaulon decangulare Linnaeus 1753
†Eriocaulon porosum Lesquereux 1873
Eriocaulon setaceum Linnaeus 1753
Eriocaulon sexangulare 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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Eriocaulon sp. (228772)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Eriocaulon sp. (168918 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Eriocaulon brownianum (228792) Eriocaulon sp. (228848 228849)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Eriocaulon sp. (168754 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Eriocaulon sp. (168937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Eriocaulon sp. (228788)