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Potamogeton

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Potamogetonaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Potamogeton Linnaeus
1914Potamogeton Berry p. 27
1919Potamogeton Knowlton
1926Potamogeton Knowlton
1963Potamogeton Chandler p. 60
1976Potamogeton Lakhanpal et al.
1989Potamogeton Shoshani et al. p. 434
1991Potamogeton Chauhan
1991Potamogeton Srivastava
1996Potamogeton Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyPotamogetonaceaeReichenbach 1823
genusPotamogeton

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. Potamogeton Linnaeus 1753
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Potamogeton compressum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton crispum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton densum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton gramineum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton lucens Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton marinum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton natans Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton parva Brown 1940
Potamogeton pectinatus Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton pusillus Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton pygmaeus Chandler 1925
Potamogeton rutilus Wolfgang 1885
Potamogeton serratum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton setaceum Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton verticillatus Lesquereux 1883
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 Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 119.57 Ma

Collections (147 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57China (Liaoning) P. jeholensis, P. sp. (73687)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Carolina) P. middendorfensis (210091)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) P. sp. (22819)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Gunma) P. sp. (22768)
Graybullian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) P. sp. 1 (11490)
Lostcabinian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) P. sp. 2 (11485)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) P. sp.2 (11393)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (228445)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) P. pygmaeus (24106 24107 24108)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) P. megaphyllus (212697)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) P. pygmaeus (24109)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) P. pygmaeus (27663 27664)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3USA (Colorado) P. sp. (39837 39849)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) P. geniculatus, P. verticillatus (24209)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) P. parva (35237)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) P. tavdense (22844)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Russian Federation (Tiumensky) P. sp. (22886) P. tavdense, P. semirotundatus (22849)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04United Kingdom (England) P. tenuicarpus (27665)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Germany (Saxony) P. tenuicarpus (25591)
Rupelian - Tertiary33.9 - 2.58Germany (Brandenburg) P. tenuicarpus (24318)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Russian Federation (Tomsk) P. corticosus (22889 23114 23673) P. erosus (22888) P. erosus, P. corticosus, P. sp.3, P. sp. (23663) P. erosus, P. sp. (23669) P. sp. (23888) P. sp.1 (23782)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) P. palaeodensus (24179)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Germany (Sachsen) P. seifhennersdorfensis (26765)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Canada (Northwest Territories) P. sp. (21371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Omsk) P. dravertii (23894)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) P. polymorphus, P. tertiarius, P. spp. (23907) P. spp. (23906) P. tertiarius, P. sp. (23908)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Idaho) P. knowltoni (35278)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Washington) P. sp. (224391)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) P. sp. (223803)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Saxen) P. wiesaensis (23674)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) P. minimus (23060 23062) P. nemenus (23686)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Denmark (Jylland) P. heinkei (28404)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) P. filiformis, P. trichoides, P. tenuicarpus, P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. natans, P. pectinatus (28442)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) P. erosus (24078)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation (Tomsk) P. sp.2 (24081)
Langhian - Messinian15.98 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) P. sp. (22739)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) P. minimus (27515) P. wiesaensis (27381)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) P. kunovicensis (22898) P. minimus, P. kunovicensis (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) P. kunovicensis (23348) P. minimus (23042 27011) P. nemenus (23055 23059) P. nochtensis (27013) P. nochtensis, P. minimus, P. heinkei, P. wiesaensis (23355)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.63 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) P. erosus, P. semirotundatus, P. minimus, P. spp. (24093)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) P. sp. (184470)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) P. sp. (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) P. erosus (24099) P. erosus, P. corticosus, P. besczeulicus, P. tertiarius, P. filiformis, P. spp., P. pectinatus (24286) P. erosus, P. polymorphus, P. minimus, P. filiformis, P. tertiarius, P. spp. (24320) P. erosus, P. semirotundatus, P. minimus, P. polymorphus, P. besczeulicus, P. obtusifolius, P. spp. (24094) P. erosus, P. sp. (24324) P. erosus, P. tertiarius, P. besczeulicus, P. minimus, P. filiformis (24321) P. erosus, P. tertiarius, P. besczeulicus, P. minimus, P. polymorphus, P. semirotundatus, P. filiformis, P. obtusifolius, P. sp. (24317) P. erosus, P. tertiarius, P. minimus, P. spp. (24100) P. erosus, P. tertiarius, P. polymorphus, P. filiformis, P. spp., P. pectinatus (24287) P. tertiarius, P. polymorphus, P. irtyshense, P. semirotundatus (24098)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) P. sp. (21239 21250 21256 21270)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) P. sp. (27925 27927)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) P. extremitatus (28132) P. sp. (27930 28051 28055 28113 28131)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6France (Elsass) P. austroeuropaeus, P. palaeocompressus, P. planus, P. polymorphus, P. praepectinatus (21222)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Indiana) P. sp. (18320)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) P. dubnanensis (27277)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Shaanxi) P. pectinatus (223874)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) P. obtusifolius, P. natans, P. pusillus (28134)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) P. bashkiricus (22771)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine) P. obtusifolius (28171)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) P. coloratus, P. obtusifolius (28197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Russian Federation (Omsk) P. perfoliatus, P. pectinatus, P. pusillus (24096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Piemonte) P. crispoides (27023)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringen) P. borysthenicus, P. elegans, P. filiformoides, P. neptunii, P. polymorphus, P. pusillus (22783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) P. acutifolius, P. pectinatus, P. pusillus (22781) P. cholmechensis, P. elegans, P. medicagoides, P. perforatus, P. polymorphus, P. natans (22778) P. filiformoides, P. neptunii, P. polymorphus, P. tanaiticus (22779)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine) P. obtusifolius, P. sp., P. natans, P. pusillus (28198)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) P. sp. (61887)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) P. sp. (224612 224614 224715)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) P. sp. (224677 228819)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168889 168891 168893 168904 168918 168924)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) P. sp. (228772 228956)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) P. sp. (228785 228811)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) P. sp. (228774 228775 228777 228778)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) P. sp. (228760 228761 228776)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) P. sp. (228848 228849)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) P. filiformis (174229 174230)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) P. sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) P. alpinus, P. densus, P. filiformis (163070) P. filiformis (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. sp. (103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) P. perforatus (164906)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168752 168753 168754 168755)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) P. sp. (228788)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttar Pradesh) P. sp. (228820)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) P. sp. (228764)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) P. sp. (228762 228763 228773 228784)