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Marantaceae

Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Marantaceae

Taxonomy
Marantaceae was named by Brown (1814).

It was assigned to Zingiberales by Mabberley (2000) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016); and to Liliopsida by Prasad et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Marantaceae Brown
2000Marantaceae Mabberley
2016Marantaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15
2017Marantaceae Prasad et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
Monocots
orderZingiberales
familyMarantaceaeBrown 1814
familyMarantaceaeBrown 1814

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. †Marantaceae Brown 1814
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G. Alpinia Roxburgh 1810 [Shell ginger]
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Alpinia siwalica Prasad et al. 2004
G. Clinogyne Salisbury
G. Donax Loureiro 1790
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Donax kasauliensis Prasad and Dwivedi 2008
Donax ovatus Awasthi and Prasad 1990
G. Phrynium Willdenow 1797
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Serravallian or 55.80000 to 11.62000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Xizang) Phrynium tibeticum (224023)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Nepal Donax kasauliensis (222898)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Nepal Clinogyne ovatus (222975)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Uttarakhand) Alpinia siwalica, Clinogyne ovatus (222797) Donax ovatus (224496)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Alpinia bivascularis (23050 23056 23058) Alpinia bivascularis, Alpinia arnensis (23054)