†Thouinopsis myricaefolia Lesquereux 1878 (soapberry)
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Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Alternative combination: Rhus myricaefolia
Full reference: L. Lesquereux. 1878. Report on the Fossil Plants of the Auriferous Gravel Deposits of the Sierra Nevada. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 6(2):1-62
Belongs to Thouinopsis according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
See also Knowlton 1919 and Lesquereux 1878
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. plesiotypes nos. 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292, 2293, 229.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (9: California collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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