Thalassites Benzecry and Brack-Hanes 2008

Angiospermae - Alismatales - Hydrocharitaceae

Full reference: A. Benzecry and S. D. Brack-Hanes. 2008. A new hydrocharitacean seagrass from the Eocene of Florida. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 157:19-30

Parent taxon: Hydrocharitaceae according to A. Benzecry and S. D. Brack-Hanes 2008

Sister taxa: Elodea, Enhalus, Eotrapa, Halophila, Halophiloideae, Hydrocharis, Hydrocharites, Ottelia, Stratiotes, Stratiotites, Thalassia, Thalassioideae, Vallisnerioideae

Subtaxa: Thalassites parkavonenses

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Type: Thalassites parkavonenses

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Gulf Hammock Quarry (Eocene of Florida)

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