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Alismaceae

Angiospermae - Alismales - Alismaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Alismaceae Knowlton
1963Alismaceae Chandler p. 61
1989Alismaceae Shoshani et al. p. 434

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
subclassMonocotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderAlismales
familyAlismaceae
familyAlismaceae

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. †Alismaceae
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G. Alisma Linnaeus 1753 [water-plantain]
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Alisma plantago Linnaeus 1753
G. †Alismacites Saporta 1862
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Alismacites dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
Alismacites lancifolius Saporta 1862
G. †Alismaphyllites Knowlton 1917
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G. †Alismaphyllum Berry 1911
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G. †Radimskya Ettingshausen 1890
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Radimskya trinervia Ettingshausen 1890
G. Sagittaria Linnaeus 1753
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Sagittaria megasperma Brown 1962
Sagittaria pulchella Heer 1869
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 Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (South Dakota) Alismaphyllites grandifolius (58039)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Alismaphyllites grandifolius (40932 55857)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Sagittaria megasperma (40426)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Alismaphyllites grandifolius (41182)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Alismaphyllites grandifolius (57997)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma sp. (24322)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Alisma sp. (24106)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Alisma crassicarpum (26514)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Alisma sp. (23906 23907)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) Alisma crassicarpum (27521) Alisma crassicaspum (27518)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Alisma plantago (28442)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Alisma crassicarpum (23355 23618 23681) Alisma crassicarpum, Alisma plantago (23025) Alisma gramineum (23042 27524)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Alisma crassicarpum (22897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Alisma crassicarpum (27381) Alisma plantago (27376)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Alisma plantago-aquatica (28131 28132)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma sp. (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma sp. (24094 24099 24287 24320 24321) Alisma sp., Sagittaria sagittifolia (24317)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Alisma sp. (51757)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation (Omsk) Alisma plantago-aquatica, Sagittaria sagittifolia (24096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) Alisma plantago-aquatica (28198)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Alisma ovatum (22778) Alisma plantagoaquatica (22782) Alisma plantagoaquatica, Sagittaria sagittifolia (22781)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) Sagittaria sagittifolia (22783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Sagittaria sp. (61887)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Alisma plantagoaquatica (164906) Sagittaria natans (164904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Sagittaria lancifolia (144662)