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Phragmites (common reed)

Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Phragmites Adanson
1899Phragmites Knowlton
1914Phragmites Berry p. 28
1919Phragmites Knowlton
1974Phragmites Ozaki
1996Phragmites Liu et al.
2000Phragmites Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
orderPoales
familyPoaceae
genusPhragmitesAdanson 1763

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. Phragmites Adanson 1763 [common reed]
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Phragmites alaskana Heer 1869
Phragmites cordaiformis Dawson 1882
Phragmites cretaceus Lesquereux 1868
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Invalid names: Equisetum nodosum Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
Phragmites falcata Knowlton 1899
Phragmites laramianus Cockerell 1909
Phragmites latissima Knowlton 1899
Phragmites prattii Berry 1910
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: base of the Early/Lower Cretaceous to the top of the Piacenzian or 145.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Georgia) Phragmites pratti (212691)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Phragmites pratti (210092) Phragmites sp. (182933)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Phragmites falcata (35576)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Phragmites sp. (45729)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Canada (Nunavut) Phragmites oeningensis (102072)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Phragmites sp. (228445)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Canada (British Columbia) Phragmites alaskana (227791 227797)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Wyoming) Phragmites latissima (24089)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Phragmites alaskana (23330)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Gifu) Phragmites sp. (222791)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Phragmites alaskana (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Phragmites sp. (46325)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Hebei) Phragmites sp. (223818)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Phragmites sp. (46322)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Qinghai) Phragmites oeningensis (223892)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Phragmites sp. (22787 22788 22789 22796)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Phragmites sp. (46225)
Langhian - Messinian15.97 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Phragmites sp. (22753 22754)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Phragmites oeningensis (27377)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Germany (Brandenburg) Phragmites oeningensis (27064)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Phragmites sp. (21234 21238 21239 21258 21262 21265)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Xizang) Phragmites sp. (223820)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Phragmites oeningensis (113998)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (Potosi) Phragmites sp. (32127)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bolivia (Pacajes) Phragmites sp. (32002)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) Phragmites communis (22783)