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Eriocaulon (pipewort)

Angiospermae - Poales - Eriocaulaceae

Taxonomy
Eriocaulon was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. Its type is Eriocaulon decangulare.

It was assigned to Eriocaulaceae by Martinov (1820), Knowlton (1919), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Eriocaulon Linnaeus
1820Eriocaulon Martinov
1919Eriocaulon Knowlton
1976Eriocaulon Lakhanpal et al.
1991Eriocaulon Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
orderPoales
familyEriocaulaceaeDesvaux 1820
genusEriocaulon

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. Eriocaulon Linnaeus 1753 [pipewort]
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Eriocaulon decangulare Linnaeus 1753
†Eriocaulon porosum Lesquereux 1873
Eriocaulon setaceum Linnaeus 1753
Eriocaulon sexangulare 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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Eriocaulon sp. (168918 168924)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Eriocaulon sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Eriocaulon brownianum (228792) Eriocaulon sp. (228848 228849)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Eriocaulon sp. (168754 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Eriocaulon sp. (168937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Eriocaulon sp. (228788)