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Villarsia
| Description | Villarsia is a genus of aquatic flowering plants in the family Menyanthaceae. The genus is named for the French botanist Dominique Villars (1745–1814). Villarsia are wetland plants with basal leaves. The inflorescence is a branched panicle with numerous flowers. Flowers are five-parted, either yellow or white, and the petals are adorned with wings. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villarsia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Asterales : Menyanthaceae : Villarsia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Asterales : Menyanthaceae : Villarsia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Villarsia Vent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. P. Kershaw, S. C. Bretherton, and S. van der Kaars. 2007. A complete pollen record of the last 230 ka from Lynch's Crater, north-eastern Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 251(1):23-45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villarsia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Villarsia capensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Villarsia goldblattiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Villarsia manningiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Villarsia rhomboidalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1803 | Villarsia Ventenat |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
