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Restionaceae
| Description | The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of annual or perennial rush-like flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 m in height. Following the APG IV (2016): the family now includes the former families Anarthriaceae, Centrolepidaceae and Lyginiaceae, and as such includes 51 genera with 572 known species. Based on evidence from fossil pollens, the Restionaceae likely originated more than 65 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period, when the southern continents were still part of Gondwana. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restionaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Poales : Restionaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Restionales : Restionaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Restionaceae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Prodr.: 243. 27 Mar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restionaceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Alexgeorgea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anarthria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anthochortus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aphelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Apodasmia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Askidiosperma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Baloskion genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calorophus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cannomois genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Catacolea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Centrolepis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratocaryum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chaetanthus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chordifex genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coleocarya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cytogonidium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dapsilanthus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Desmocladus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dielsia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Elegia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Empodisma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eurychorda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gaimardia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Haplostigma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hopkinsia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hydrophilus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hypodiscus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hypolaena genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ischyrolepis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Juncella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lepidobolus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptocarpus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lepyrodia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Loxocarya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lyginia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mastersiella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Melanostachya genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Milfordia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 29 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Nevillea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platycaulos genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platychorda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Restio genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhodocoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Soroveta genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sporadanthus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Staberoha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taraxis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thamnochortus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tremulina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tyrbastes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Willdenowia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Winifredia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Askidiospermum rugosum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Clandestina calandestina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Georgiella hexandra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Onchosepalum laxiflorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Elegiaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Poales : Elegiaceae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1810 | Restionaceae Brown |
| 2000 | Restionaceae 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!
