Pieris Don 1834 (heather)
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Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to F. M. Carpenter 1992
Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, Dendrium, Dermatophyllites, Epacridiphyllum, Epacriphyllum, Epacris, Ericiphyllum, Ericipites, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia, Kalmiophyllum, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Monotoca, Needhamiella, Orphanidesites, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma, Xylococcus
Subtaxa: Pieris scorbiculata
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Kouwa-cho Locality (Miocene to Pliocene of Japan)
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