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Cannaceae

Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Cannaceae

Taxonomy
Cannaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789).

It was assigned to Scitaminales by Knowlton (1919); and to Zingiberales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Canna, Cannaites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Cannaceae de Jussieu
1919Cannaceae Knowlton
2000Cannaceae Mabberley
2016Cannaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
orderZingiberales
familyCannaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyCannaceaede Jussieu 1789

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. †Cannaceae de Jussieu 1789
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G. Canna Linnaeus 1753
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Canna angustifolia Linnaeus 1753
†Canna eocenica Berry 1916
Canna glauca Linnaeus 1753
Canna indica Linnaeus 1753
†Canna magnifolia Knowlton 1917
G. †Cannaites Trivedi and Verma 1971
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†Cannaites intertrappea Trivedi and Verma 1971
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 Campanian to the top of the Miocene or 83.50000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Canna magnifolia (24180)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Canna magnifolia (34921)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03India (Madhya Pradesh) Cannaites intertrappea, Canna sp. (224606)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Canna flaccidafolia (23973)