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Pistia (water cabbage)

Angiospermae - Araceae

Taxonomy
Pistia was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Pistia stratiotes.

It was assigned to Araceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), McIver and Basinger (1993).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Pistia Linnaeus
1914Pistia Berry p. 137
1919Pistia Knowlton
1993Pistia McIver and Basinger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
familyAraceaede Jussieu 1789
genusPistia

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.

G. Pistia Linnaeus 1753 [water cabbage]
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Pistia claibornensis Berry 1914
Pistia corrugata Lesquereux 1874
Pistia nordenskioeldi Heer 1874
Pistia spathulata Michaux 1803
Pistia stratiotes Linnaeus 1753
Pistia wilcoxensis Berry 1916
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 Judithian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Pistia corrugata (31958)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Pistia corrugata (27372)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Pistia corrugata (27314 27316 27359 27368)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Pistia corrugata (31980 32000)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Pistia corrugata (31955)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Pistia corrugata (48212 48220 48223 48231 48236 48248 48251 48255 48262 48282 48286 48290)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Pistia corrugata (34921 34970)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Pistia corrugata (96781)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Pistia corrugata (34420 34421 34428)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) Pistia claibornensis (212696 212697)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Pistia sibirica (22844)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Pistia sibirica (23901)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) Pistia sibirica (23114 23781 23782)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Pistia sibirica (24078)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pistia spathulata (34269)