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Menyanthaceae

Angiospermae - Asterales - Menyanthaceae

Taxonomy
Menyanthaceae was named by von Berchtold and Presl (1829).

It was assigned to Gentianales by Knowlton (1919); and to Asterales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Menyanthaceae von Berchtold and Presl
1919Menyanthaceae Knowlton
2000Menyanthaceae Mabberley
2008Menyanthaceae Taylor et al. p. 1030
2016Menyanthaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
Asterids
Euasterids
Campanulids
orderAsterales
familyMenyanthaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1829
familyMenyanthaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1829

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.

Fm. †Menyanthaceae von Berchtold and Presl 1829
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G. Liparophyllum Hooker 1847
G. Menyanthes Linnaeus 1753 [bogbean]
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Menyanthes coloradensis Cockerell 1908
Menyanthes trifoliata Linnaeus 1753
G. Villarsia Ventenat 1803
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 Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Menyanthes minima (22844)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Tiumensky) Menyanthes minima (22849 22886)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Menyanthes parvula (22888 22889 23663 23673 23782)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Omsk) Menyanthes parvula (23894)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Menyanthes sp. (23906)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Menyanthes trifoliata (28280)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Menyanthes parvula (24078)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Menyanthes carpatica (23609 23618) Menyanthes germanica, Menyanthes carpatica (23050)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Menyanthes carpatica (28046)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Menyanthes miocenica (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Menyanthes miocenica (24094 24100 24286 24317 24320) Menyanthes parvula (24324)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Menyanthes trifoliata (21222)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Menyanthes carpatica (22780)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Niigata) Menyanthes trifoliata (101021)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Villarsia Menyanthaceae (172833 172837 172867 172870 172873 172874 172877 172878 172880 172881 172882 172884)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126Australia (Tasmania) Liparophyllum sp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Villarsia sp. (168918 168924)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Menyanthes sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Menyanthes trifoliata (164903 164904 164906 164907 164911 164913 164919)