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Brasenia

Angiospermae - Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae

Taxonomy
Brasenia was named by Schreber (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nymphaeaceae by Knowlton (1919) and Chandler (1963).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Brasenia Schreber
1919Brasenia Knowlton
1963Brasenia Chandler p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
orderNymphaealesSalisbury 1820
familyNymphaeaceaeSalisbury 1805
genusBraseniaSchreber 1789

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. Brasenia Schreber 1789
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Brasenia antiqua Newberry 1882
Brasenia ovula Brongniart 1828
Brasenia purpurea Caspary 1873
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Invalid names: Brasenia peltata Pursh 1813 [synonym]
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 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. ovula (27721)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) B. ovula (24107 24108)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) B. ovula (24109 27778)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. ovula (27664) B. spinosa, B. oblonga, B. ovula (27663)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Tiumensky) B. nymphaeoides (22846) B. nymphaeoides, B. ovula (22849)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) B. nymphaeoides, B. rotundata, B. ovula (22844)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03United Kingdom (England) B. ovula (27665)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) B. sibirica (22907 22908 23673) B. sibirica, B. ovula (22889 23114 23663) B. sibirica, B. reidii (23669) B. sp. (23888)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Germany (Sachsen) B. victoria (26765)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) B. tuberculata (23906 23907 23908)
Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (Brandenburg) B. victoria (23683)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) B. victoria (28280)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Saxen) B. victoria (23676)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) B. victoria (23052 23060)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Denmark (Jylland) B. tenuicostata (28313 28314 28404)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) B. victoria (27548 27551 27552)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) B. victoria (23042 23046 23598 23610 23661 23666 27523)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) B. victoria (22898)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) B. victoria (27930 28046)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) B. sp. (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) B. ovula (24627) B. reidii, B. tuberculata (24098) B. sp. (24094 24100 24287) B. tuberculata (24317) B. tuberculata, B. reidii (24320 24321) B. tuberculata, B. sp. (24286)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) B. victoria (21222)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Kouwa-cho) B. purpurea (22827)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) B. victoria (28134)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) B. victoria (28171)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) B. victoria (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) B. victoria (28198)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) B. sp. (61887)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. purpurea (34269)