Ailanthus Desfontaines 1786

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Simaroubaceae

Parent taxon: Simaroubaceae according to T. Su et al. 2013

See also Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1919, Liu et al. 1996 and MacGinitie 1941

Sister taxa: Ailanthoxylon, Brucea, Simarouboxylon

Subtaxa: Ailanthus americana Ailanthus confucii Ailanthus lesquereuxi Ailanthus longepetiolata Ailanthus ovata

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (4 collections)

• Miocene of China (5), Germany (2), Japan (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), the Russian Federation (7)

• Eocene of China (1), Germany (1), United States (6: California, Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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