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Potamogetonaceae (pondweed)
Taxonomy
Potamogetonaceae was named by Reichenbach (1823). It is extant.
It was assigned to Najadales by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Monocotyledoneae by Stockmans (1936); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1961) and Chandler (1963); to Hydrocharitales by Daghlian (1981); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Najadales by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); to Monocotyledoneae by Stockmans (1936); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1961) and Chandler (1963); to Hydrocharitales by Daghlian (1981); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1823 | Potamogetonaceae Reichenbach |
| 1919 | Potamogetonaceae Knowlton |
| 1926 | Potamogetonaceae Knowlton |
| 1936 | Potamogetonaceae Stockmans p. 26 |
| 1961 | Potamogetonaceae Chandler p. 84 |
| 1963 | Potamogetonaceae Chandler p. 60 |
| 1981 | Potamogetonaceae Daghlian p. 528 |
| 2000 | Potamogetonaceae Mabberley |
| 2016 | Potamogetonaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15 |
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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.
Fm. Potamogetonaceae Reichenbach 1823 [pondweed]
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G. Potamogeton Linnaeus 1753
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Potamogeton compressum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton crispum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton densum Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton geniculatus Braun 1845
Potamogeton gramineum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton lucens Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton marinum Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton megaphyllus Berry 1914
†Potamogeton middendorfensis Berry 1914
Potamogeton natans Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton parva Brown 1940
Potamogeton pectinatus Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton perfoliatus Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton pusillus Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton pygmaeus Chandler 1925
Potamogeton robbinsii Oakes 1896
Potamogeton rutilus Wolfgang 1885
Potamogeton serratum Linnaeus 1753
Potamogeton setaceum Linnaeus 1753
†Potamogeton verticillatus Lesquereux 1883
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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 122.46 Ma
Collections (150 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | China (Liaoning) | Potamogeton jeholensis, Potamogeton sp. (73687) | |
| Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | Potamogeton middendorfensis (210091) | |
| Paleogene | Argentina (Chubut) | Baibiancarpus chubutensis (152926) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | Potamogeton sp. (22819) | |
| Tertiary | Japan (Gunma) | Potamogeton sp. (22768) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Potamogetonaceae indet. (210090) | |
| Eocene | India (Meghalaya) | Potamogetonaceaepites pramathi (224681) | |
| Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Potamogeton sp. (228445) | |
| Graybullian | USA (Wyoming) | Potamogeton sp. 1 (11490) | |
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Potamogeton sp. 2 (11485) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Potamogeton sp.2 (11393) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Potamogeton pygmaeus (24106 24107 24108) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Georgia) | Potamogeton megaphyllus (212697) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Potamogeton pygmaeus (24109) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Potamogeton pygmaeus (27663 27664) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Palaeopotamogeton florissanti, Potamogeton geniculatus, Potamogeton verticillatus (24209) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Colorado) | Potamogeton sp. (39837 39849) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | USA (Oregon) | Potamogeton parva (35237) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Tiumensky) | Potamogeton sp. (22886) Potamogeton tavdense, Potamogeton semirotundatus (22849) | |
| Rupelian | Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) | Potamogeton tavdense (22844) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | United Kingdom (England) | Potamogeton tenuicarpus (27665) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Potamogeton tenuicarpus (25591) | |
| Rupelian - Tertiary | Germany (Brandenburg) | Potamogeton tenuicarpus (24318) | |
| Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Potamogeton corticosus (22889 23114 23673) Potamogeton erosus (22888) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton corticosus, Potamogeton sp.3, Potamogeton sp. (23663) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton sp. (23669) Potamogeton sp. (23888) Potamogeton sp.1 (23782) | |
| Chattian | Germany (Sachsen) | Potamogeton palaeodensus (24179) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | Germany (Sachsen) | Potamogeton seifhennersdorfensis (26765) | |
| Aquitanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Potamogeton sp. (21371) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton spp. (23907) Potamogeton spp. (23906) Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton sp. (23908) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Potamogeton dravertii (23894) | |
| Miocene | USA (Idaho) | Potamogeton knowltoni (35278) | |
| Miocene | USA (Washington) | Potamogeton sp. (224391) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Potamogeton sp. (223803) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Saxen) | Potamogeton wiesaensis (23674) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Potamogeton minimus (23060 23062) Potamogeton nemenus (23686) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Denmark (Jylland) | Potamogeton heinkei (28404) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Potamogeton filiformis, Potamogeton trichoides, Potamogeton tenuicarpus, Potamogeton sp. 1, Potamogeton sp. 2, Potamogeton natans, Potamogeton pectinatus (28442) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | Potamogeton sp.2 (24081) | |
| Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Potamogeton erosus (24078) | |
| Langhian - Messinian | Japan (Hirakata) | Potamogeton sp. (22739) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Potamogeton kunovicensis (23348) Potamogeton minimus (23042 27011) Potamogeton nemenus (23055 23059) Potamogeton nochtensis (27013) Potamogeton nochtensis, Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton heinkei, Potamogeton wiesaensis (23355) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | Potamogeton kunovicensis (22898) Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton kunovicensis (22897) | |
| Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | Potamogeton minimus (27515) Potamogeton wiesaensis (27381) | |
| Tortonian | Turkey (Yalova) | Potamogeton sp. (184470) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | Potamogeton sp. (21239 21250 21256 21270) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | Potamogeton sp. (27925 27927) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | Potamogeton extremitatus (28132) Potamogeton sp. (27930 28051 28055 28113 28131) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton semirotundatus, Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton spp. (24093) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Potamogeton erosus (24099) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton corticosus, Potamogeton besczeulicus, Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton filiformis, Potamogeton spp., Potamogeton pectinatus (24286) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton filiformis, Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton spp. (24320) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton semirotundatus, Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton besczeulicus, Potamogeton obtusifolius, Potamogeton spp. (24094) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton sp. (24324) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton besczeulicus, Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton filiformis (24321) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton besczeulicus, Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton semirotundatus, Potamogeton filiformis, Potamogeton obtusifolius, Potamogeton sp. (24317) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton minimus, Potamogeton spp. (24100) Potamogeton erosus, Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton filiformis, Potamogeton spp., Potamogeton pectinatus (24287) Potamogeton tertiarius, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton irtyshense, Potamogeton semirotundatus (24098) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Japan (Gunma) | Potamogeton sp. (22755) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | Potamogeton austroeuropaeus, Potamogeton palaeocompressus, Potamogeton planus, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton praepectinatus (21222) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Indiana) | Potamogeton sp. (18320) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Germany (Sachsen) | Potamogeton dubnanensis (27277) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Shaanxi) | Potamogeton pectinatus (223874) | |
| Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Potamogeton obtusifolius, Potamogeton natans, Potamogeton pusillus (28134) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Potamogeton bashkiricus (22771) | |
| Zanclean - Pliocene | Germany (North Rhine) | Potamogeton obtusifolius (28171) | |
| Piacenzian - Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | Potamogeton coloratus, Potamogeton obtusifolius (28197) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Potamogeton perfoliatus, Potamogeton pectinatus, Potamogeton pusillus (24096) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringen) | Potamogeton borysthenicus, Potamogeton elegans, Potamogeton filiformoides, Potamogeton neptunii, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton pusillus (22783) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine) | Potamogeton obtusifolius, Potamogeton sp., Potamogeton natans, Potamogeton pusillus (28198) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Piemonte) | Potamogeton crispoides (27023) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | Potamogeton acutifolius, Potamogeton pectinatus, Potamogeton pusillus (22781) Potamogeton cholmechensis, Potamogeton elegans, Potamogeton medicagoides, Potamogeton perforatus, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton natans (22778) Potamogeton filiformoides, Potamogeton neptunii, Potamogeton polymorphus, Potamogeton tanaiticus (22779) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Potamogeton sp. (61887) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Potamogeton sp. (166707) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Potamogeton sp. (228772 228956) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | Potamogeton sp. (224612 224614 224715) | |
| Pleistocene | India (West Bengal) | Potamogeton sp. (224677 228819) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Potamogeton sp. (168889 168891 168893 168904 168918 168924) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Potamogeton sp. (228848 228849) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Potamogeton sp. (228785 228811) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Potamogeton sp. (228760 228761 228776) | |
| Quaternary | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Potamogeton sp. (228774 228775 228777 228778) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Potamogeton perforatus (164906) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | Potamogeton alpinus, Potamogeton densus, Potamogeton filiformis (163070) Potamogeton filiformis (163075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Potamogeton filiformis (174229 174230) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Potamogeton sp. (103358) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Washington) | Potamogeton sp. (93677) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Potamogeton sp. (168752 168753 168754 168755) | |
| Holocene | India (Tamil Nadu) | Potamogeton sp. (228788) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttar Pradesh) | Potamogeton sp. (228820) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Potamogeton sp. (228762 228763 228773 228784) | |
| Holocene | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Potamogeton sp. (228764) |