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Alisma (water-plantain)

Angiospermae - Alismales - Alismaceae

Taxonomy
Alisma was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Alisma plantago.

It was assigned to Alismataceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976); and to Alismaceae by Chandler (1963), Shoshani et al. (1989).

Species
A. cordifolia, A. damasonium, A. flava, A. natans, A. plantago (type species), A. rannunculoides, A. subulata
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. crassicarpum, A. crassicaspum, A. gramineum, A. ovatum, A. plantago-aquatica, A. plantagoaquatica
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-08-08; modified by B. Allen on 2024-07-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Alisma Linnaeus
1963Alisma Chandler p. 61
1976Alisma Lakhanpal et al.
1989Alisma Shoshani et al. p. 434

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
RankNameAuthor
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
orderAlismales
familyAlismaceae
genusAlisma

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. Alisma Linnaeus 1753 [water-plantain]
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Alisma cordifolia Linnaeus 1753
Alisma damasonium Linnaeus 1753
Alisma flava Linnaeus 1753
Alisma natans Linnaeus 1753
Alisma plantago Linnaeus 1753
Alisma rannunculoides Linnaeus 1753
Alisma subulata 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 Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma sp. (24322)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Alisma sp. (24106)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (Sachsen) Alisma crassicarpum (26514)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Russian Federation (Tomsk) Alisma sp. (23906 23907)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Alisma crassicarpum (27521) Alisma crassicaspum (27518)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Alisma plantago (28442)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Sachsen) Alisma crassicarpum (27381) Alisma plantago (27376)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Saxen) Alisma crassicarpum (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Germany (Brandenburg) Alisma crassicarpum (23355 23618 23681) Alisma crassicarpum, Alisma plantago (23025) Alisma gramineum (23042 27524)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.63 - 11.63Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma sp. (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma sp. (24094 24099 24287 24317 24320 24321)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Alisma plantago-aquatica (28131 28132)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Alisma sp. (51757)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma plantago-aquatica (24096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine) Alisma plantago-aquatica (28198)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (Thuringia) Alisma ovatum (22778) Alisma plantagoaquatica (22781 22782)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Alisma plantagoaquatica (164906)