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Myriophyllum

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Myriophyllum (watermilfoil) is a genus of about 69 species of freshwater aquatic plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution. The center of diversity for Myriophyllum is Australia with 43 recognized species (37 endemic).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriophyllum, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2984253	https://www.gbif.org/species/2984253
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	118085	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=118085

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Saxifragales : Haloragaceae : Myriophyllum

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Saxifragales : Haloragaceae : Myriophyllum

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
kingdom	Plantae	Haeckel 1866
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Magnoliopsida	Cronquist et al. 1996
-	Eudicot	Doyle and Hotton 1991
order	Saxifragales	von Berchtold and Presl 1820
family	Haloragaceae	Brown 1814
genus	Myriophyllum	L.

Scientific Name

Myriophyllum L.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Myriophyllum	genus	belongs to Haloragaceae	implied	Kiessling, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. Kiessling. 2003. Personal data.

Common Name(s)

Slingor, Tusenbladslekta, Water-milfoils, Water-milfoil, Tausendblatt, Water Milfoil, Watermilfoil

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriophyllum

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Myriophyllum alpinum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum alterniflorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum amphibium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum aquaticum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum artesium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum austropygmaeum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum axilliflorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum balladoniense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum bonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum callitrichoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum caput-medusae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum coronatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum costatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum crispatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum decussatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum dicoccum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum drummondii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum echinatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum exasperatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum farwellii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum filiforme species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum foveicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum glomeratum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum gracile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum heterophyllum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum hippuroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum humile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum hybr species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum implicatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum indicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum integrifolium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum jacobsii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum lapidicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum latifolium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum laxum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum limnophilum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum lophatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum mattogrossensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum mezianum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum muelleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum muricatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum oguraense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum papillosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum pedunculatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum peruvianum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum petraeum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum pinnatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum porcatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum propinquum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum pygmaeum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum quitense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum robustum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum salsugineum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum siamense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum sibiricum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum simulans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum sparsiflorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum spicatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum striatocarpum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum striatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum tenellum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum tetrandrum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum tillaeoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum trachycarpum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum trifidum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum triphyllum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum ussuriense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum variifolium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum verrucosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum vertcillatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum verticillatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myriophyllum votschii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Enydria Vell.	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Saxifragales : Haloragaceae : *Enydria*
Vinkia Meijden	GBIF	genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Saxifragales : Haloragaceae : *Vinkia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1753	Myriophyllum Linne
2003	Myriophyllum Kiessling

References

Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data

Van der Meijden, R. (2005) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Aronsson, Mora (2004) Thomas Karlssons Kärlväxtlista - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Farr, E. R.; Zijlstra, G. (eds). (1996-current). Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). A compilation of generic names published for organisms covered by the ICN: International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants. [previously: organisms covered by the International Code for Botanical Nomenclature]. Web publication, available at http://botany.si.edu/ing/ (accessed August 2007). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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