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Aponogetonaceae
Description | The Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family or Aponogeton family) are a family of flowering plants in the order Alismatales. The Aponogetonaceae is considered to be allied to the Potamogetonaceae - Najadaceae complex of families. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aponogetonaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Aponogetonaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Aponogetonaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Aponogetonaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bot. Mag. 82: ad. t. 4894. 1 Jan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Vattenaxväxter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aponogetonaceae |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aponogeton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ouvirandra genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1856 | Aponogetonaceae Agardh |
2000 | Aponogetonaceae Mabberley |
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!