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Pistia (water cabbage)
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).
It was assigned to Araceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), McIver and Basinger (1993).
Species
P. claibornensis, P. corrugata, P. nordenskioeldi, P. spathulata, P. stratiotes (type species), P. wilcoxensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Pistia Linnaeus |
| 1914 | Pistia Berry p. 137 |
| 1919 | Pistia Knowlton |
| 1993 | Pistia McIver and Basinger |
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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.
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
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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campanian | USA (Utah) | Pistia corrugata (31958) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Montana) | Pistia corrugata (27372) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Pistia corrugata (27314 27316 27359 27368) | |
| Judithian | Canada (Alberta) | Pistia corrugata (31980 32000) | |
| Lancian | USA (South Dakota) | Pistia corrugata (31955) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | Pistia corrugata (48212 48220 48223 48231 48236 48248 48251 48255 48262 48282 48286 48290) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Pistia corrugata (34921 34970) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Pistia corrugata (96781) | |
| Paleocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Pistia corrugata (34420 34421 34428) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Georgia) | Pistia claibornensis (212696 212697) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) | Pistia sibirica (22844) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Pistia sibirica (23901) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Pistia sibirica (23114 23781 23782) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Pistia sibirica (24078) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Pistia spathulata (34269) |