Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to M. Prasad 2008
See also Chauhan 1991, Kershaw et al. 2007, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrcia, Myrciophyllum, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtophyllum, Myrtospermum, Myrtoxylon, Myrtus, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites
Subtaxa: Syzygium kachchhense Syzygium miocenicum Syzygium miooccidentalis Syzygium palaeobractiatum Syzygium palaeocuminii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (32 collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (10), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of China (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1), Nepal (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Nepal (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Eocene of China (1), India (2), Japan (1)
Total: 56 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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