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Salviniaceae
| Description | Salviniaceae (or formerly Salviniaceæ) is a family of heterosporous ferns in the order Salviniales. The Salviniaceae contain the two genera Azolla and Salvinia, with a total of ca 20 known species. Azolla was previously placed in its own family, Azollaceae, but recent research has shown Azolla and Salvinia to be sister genera with the likely phylogenic relationship shown in the following diagram. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salviniaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Salviniales : Salviniaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Salviniales : Salviniaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Salviniaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 559. 3 Aug | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Salviniacées, Floating Fern Family, Mossbräkenväxter, Simbräkenväxter, Vlotvarenfamilie, Floating Ferns, Water Ferns, Schwimmfarngewächse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salviniaceae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ariadnaesporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 90 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Azolla genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 173 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Salvinia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 158 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1976 | Salviniaceae Christophel |
| 1977 | Salviniaceae Hickey |
| 2000 | Salviniaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Salviniaceae Jud |
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!
