Sterculia Linnaeus 1753 (tropical chestnut)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Malvaceae according to E. Stiles et al. 2020

See also Berry 1922, Chauhan 1991, Jud 2011, Knowlton 1919, Liu et al. 1996, Prasad 2008 and Srivastava 1991

Sister taxa: Abutilon, Apeiba, Aristotelicaulon, Bombaciphyllum, Bombacoxylon, Daberocarpon, Discoidites, Dombeyoideae, Firmiana, Guazuma, Heritieroxylon, Hibiscoxylon, Hibiscus, Hightea, Luehea, Malva, Malvacarpus, Malvacearumpollis, Malvaciphyllum, Malvastrum, Malvocarpon, Manihotites, Mortoniodendron, Sterculites, Urena, Wataria, Wheeleroxylon

Subtaxa: Sterculia acuminalobata Sterculia acuminataloba Sterculia aperta Sterculia berryana Sterculia cliffwoodensis Sterculia coriacea Sterculia elegans Sterculia engleri Sterculia kathgodamense Sterculia lineariloba Sterculia lugubris Sterculia minima Sterculia mioensifolia Sterculia mohgaonsis Sterculia mucronata Sterculia patagonica Sterculia platanoides Sterculia prelabrusca Sterculia premontana Sterculia puryearensis Sterculia reticulata Sterculia rigida Sterculia saportanea Sterculia snowii Sterculia tertiara Sterculia tripartita Sterculia vetustula Sterculia washburnii

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (2 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1), Nepal (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Bhutan (1), China (1), India (1), United States (1: Montana)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3)

• Paleogene of India (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (9: Kansas, Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 29 collections including 35 occurrences

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