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Zosteraceae
Taxonomy
Zosteraceae was named by Dumortier (1829). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Zosteroideae by den Hartog (1970).
It was assigned to Potamogetonaceae by den Hartog (1970); to Hydrocharitales by Daghlian (1981); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was reranked as the subfamily Zosteroideae by den Hartog (1970).
It was assigned to Potamogetonaceae by den Hartog (1970); to Hydrocharitales by Daghlian (1981); and to Alismatales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1829 | Zosteraceae Dumortier |
| 1970 | Zosteroideae den Hartog p. 40 |
| 1981 | Zosteraceae Daghlian p. 528 |
| 2000 | Zosteraceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Zosteraceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Zosteraceae 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. Zosteraceae Dumortier 1829
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G. †Archaeozostera Koriba and Miki 1931
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†Archaeozostera aungustifolia Koriba and Miki 1931
†Archaeozostera brevifolia Koriba and Miki 1931
†Archaeozostera longifolia Koriba and Miki 1931
†Archaeozostera minor Koriba and Miki 1931
†Archaeozostera pinnata Koriba and Miki 1931
†Archaeozostera simplex Koriba and Miki 1931
Invalid names: Archeozostera Koriba and Miki 1958 [objective synonym]
G. Phyllospadix Hooker 1838
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Phyllospadix iwatensis Makino 1931
Phyllospadix japonicus Makino 1897
Phyllospadix scouleri Hooker 1838
Phyllospadix serrulatus Rupr 1868
Phyllospadix torreyi Watson 1879
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 Cretaceous to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian | Japan | Archaeozostera sp. (65021) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Hyogo) | Archaeozostera lineata, Archaeozostera minor, Archaeozostera longifolia, Archaeozostera pinnata (176549) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Osaka) | Archaeozostera lineata, Archaeozostera minor, Archaeozostera longifolia, Archaeozostera pinnata (176547) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Tokusima) | Archaeozostera lineata, Archaeozostera minor, Archaeozostera longifolia, Archaeozostera pinnata (176551 176552 176553) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Kagawa) | Archaeozostera lineata, Archaeozostera minor, Archaeozostera longifolia, Archaeozostera pinnata (176554 176556) Archaeozostera longfolia, Archaeozostera lineata, Archaeozostera minor, Archaeozostera pinnata (176555) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Japan (Hokkaido) | Archaeozostera lineata, Archaeozostera minor, Archaeozostera longifolia, Archaeozostera pinnata (176557) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Florida) | Zosteraceae indet. (120294) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Zosteraceae indet. (96901) |