Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Araceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Araceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Berry 1914 and McIver and Basinger 1993
Sister taxa: Acoropsis, Acorus, Anthuriophyllum, Araceaeites, Araceaepites, Araceophyllum, Aracispermum, Arecites, Arisaema, Arisaemites, Aronites, Aronium, Caladiosoma, Campylospermum, Cobbania, Colocasia, Colocasioideaepites, Lemnoideae, Monsteroideae, Natantisphyllum, Orontioideae, Pandaniidites, Peltandra, Pistites, Porosia, Proxapertites, Thrinax, Typhonium
Subtaxa: Pistia claibornensis Pistia corrugata Pistia nordenskioeldi Pistia spathulata Pistia wilcoxensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (5)
• Eocene of United States (2: Georgia)
• Paleocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta), United States (22: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
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