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Posidoniaceae

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Posidoniaceae

Taxonomy
Posidoniaceae was named by Hutchinson (1895). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Posidonioideae by den Hartog (1970).

It was assigned to Potamogetonaceae by den Hartog (1970); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Posidoniaceae Hutchinson
1970Posidonioideae den Hartog p. 120
2000Posidoniaceae Mabberley
2016Posidoniaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderAlismatalesBrown 1820
familyPosidoniaceaeHutchinson 1895
familyPosidoniaceaeHutchinson 1895

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. Posidoniaceae Hutchinson 1895
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G. †Posidocea Gregor 1991
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Posidocea frickhingeri Gregor 1991
G. Posidonia Konig 1805
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Posidonia caulini Konig 1805
Posidonia cretacea Hosius and Von der Marck 1880
Posidonia oceanica Linnaeus 1758
Posidonia ostenfeldii den Hartog 1970
Invalid names: Caulinites Brongniart 1828 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available