Amelanchier Medikus 1789 (shadbush)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Pomaceae

Parent taxon: Pomaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Brown 1959 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Crataegus, Malus, Sorbus

Subtaxa: Amelanchier alnifolia Amelanchier canadensis Amelanchier obovata Amelanchier peritula Amelanchier rotundifolia Amelanchier scudderi Amelanchier typica Amelanchier whitei

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)

• Pliocene of China (1), United States (1: Nevada)

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

• Miocene of China (2), United States (11: Idaho, Nevada)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Idaho, Oregon)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado)

• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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