Alatospermum Chandler 1962

Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Lythraceae

Full reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1962. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. II. Flora of the Pipe-Clay Series of Dorset (Lower Bagshot). British Museum (Natural History) London 1-176

Parent taxon: Lythraceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970

See also Chandler 1962

Sister taxa: Ammannia, Cranmeria, Decodon, Duabanga, Enigmocarpon, Lagerstroemia, Lagerstroemioxylon, Microdiptera, Minsterocarpum, Pachyspermum, Palaeolythrum, Tamesicarpum, Woodfordia

Subtaxa: Alatospermum lakense

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Type: Alatospermum lakense

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Lower Bagshot - Lake near Poole (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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