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Commelinales
Taxonomy
Commelinales was named by Mirbel (1820).
It was assigned to Commelinidae by Mabberley (2000); to Commelinids by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Monocots by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Commelinidae by Mabberley (2000); to Commelinids by Taylor et al. (2008); and to Monocots by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1820 | Commelinales Mirbel |
| 2000 | Commelinales Mabberley |
| 2008 | Commelinales Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Commelinales The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |
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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.
Or. †Commelinales Mirbel 1820
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G. Philydrum Banks et al. 1788
Invalid names: Hanguanaceae Airy Shaw 1965 [empty], Philydraceae Link 1821 [empty]
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 Rupelian to the top of the Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleogene | India (Madhya Pradesh) | Eichhornia sp., Eichhornia intertrappea (224606) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Eichhornia tertiaria (24922) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Monochoria striatella (23052 23686) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Monochoria striatella (23050 23056 23355 27011 27013) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | Monochoria striatella (22897) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya | Commelinaceae indet. (22311 22312) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Monochoria striatella (27064) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | Tanzania | Commelinaceae indet. (22335) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Monochoria striatella (22780) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Philydrum sp. (168889 168918 168924) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Cyanotis sp. (228792) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Philydrum sp. (168753 168755 168756) |