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Zosteraceae
| Description | Zosteraceae (one of the four seagrasses families, Kubitzki ed. 1998) is a family of marine perennial flowering plants found in temperate and subtropical coastal waters, with the highest diversity located around Korea and Japan. Most seagrasses complete their entire life cycle under water, having filamentous pollen especially adapted to dispersion in an aquatic environment and ribbon-like leaves that lack stomata. Seagrasses are herbaceous and have prominent creeping rhizomes. A distinctive characteristic of the family is the presence of characteristic retinacules, which are present in all species except members of Zostera subgenus Zostera. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosteraceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Zosteraceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Magnoliophyta : Liliopsida : Alismatales : Zosteraceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Zosteraceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Anal. Fam. Pl.: 65, 66. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 26 (74%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 109 - 100 Ma Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Zeegrasfamilie, Bandtångsväxter, ålegrasfamilien, アマモ, Zostéracées, Eel-grass Family, Eel Grass, Eelgrass | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zosteraceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Archaeozostera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 37 | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Phyllospadix genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Zostera genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1829 | Zosteraceae Dumortier |
| 1970 | Zosteroideae den Hartog p. 40 |
| 1981 | Zosteraceae Daghlian p. 528 |
| 2000 | Zosteraceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Zosteraceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
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!
