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Acaena
| Description | Acaena is a genus of about 100 species of mainly evergreen, creeping herbaceous perennial plants and subshrubs in the family Rosaceae, native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, notably New Zealand, Australia and South America, but with a few species extending into the Northern Hemisphere, north to Hawaii (A. exigua) and California (A. pinnatifida). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaena, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rosaceae : Acaena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rosaceae : Acaena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Acaena Mutis ex L. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Frenguelli. 1941. Nuevos elementos florísticos del Magellaniano de Patagonia Austral. Notas del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología VI(30):173-210 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Taggpimpineller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acaena |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acaena agnipila species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena alpina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena anserinifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena anserovina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena antarctica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena argentea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena boliviana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena buchananii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena caesiiglauca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena caespitosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena confertissima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena cylindristachya species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena cylindrostachya species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena dumicola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena echinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena elongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena emittens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena eupatoria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena exigua species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena fissistipula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena fuscescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena glabra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena hirsutula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena inermis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena insularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena integerrima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena juvenca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena latebrosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena leptacantha species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena longiscapa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena lucida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena macrocephala species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena magellanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena masafuerana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena microphylla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena montana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena myriophylla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena novae-zelandiae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena ovalifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena ovina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena pallida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena patagonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena peterioides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena pinnatifida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena platyacantha species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena poeppigiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena profundeincisa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena pumila species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena pusilla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena rorida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena saccaticupula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena sarmentosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena sericea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena splendens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena stangii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena stricta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena subincisa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena tenera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena tesca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena torilicarpa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Acaena trifida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Ancistrum J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rosaceae : Ancistrum |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1771 | Acaena Mutis and Linneaus |
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!
