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Posidoniaceae

Description

Posidonia is a genus of flowering plants. It contains nine species of marine plants ("seagrass"), found in the seas of the Mediterranean and around the south coast of Australia.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidoniaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7680https://www.gbif.org/species/7680
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)55799https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=55799
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Posidoniaceae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Posidoniaceae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
superphylumTracheophyta
-PteridobiotinaDoweld 2001
superphylumCycadophytanaeDoweld 2001
phylumMagnoliophytaCronquist et al.
-Anthophyta
-Liliopsida
-Alismatidae
-HydrocharitalesDumort 1829
-Hydrocharitaceaede Jussieu 1789
-Petrosaviaceae
-AlismatalesBrown 1820
familyPosidoniaceaeHutchinson 1895
Scientific NamePosidoniaceae
Name Published InStud. Text-book Bot. 2: 553. Mar
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Posidoniaceaesubfamilybelongs to Potamogetonaceaestated without evidenceden Hartog, 1970
Posidoniaceaefamilybelongs to Alismatalesstated without evidenceMabberley, 2000
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
Extant Size (PBDB)6 (55%)
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Primary Reference (PBDB)D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidoniaceae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Posidocea ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		147.8 Ma
Eocene		47.8 Ma
Eocene
Posidonia
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2083.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Posidoniaceae Hutchinson
1970Posidonioideae den Hartog p. 120
2000Posidoniaceae Mabberley

References

Mabberley D.J. (2000) The Plant-Book, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p.
den Hartog C. (1970) The sea-grasses of the world, Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Natuurkunde 59 1, 1-275
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Aphia2006 (marine) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 553. Mar - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161(2): 105-121. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 - via World Register of Marine Species
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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