Araceaeites Fritel 1910

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Araceae

Full reference: P.-H. Fritel. 1910. Etude sur les vegetaux fossiles de l'etage Sparnacien du Bassin de Paris. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Palaeontologie 40:1-37

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

See also Andrews 1970 and Fritel 1910

Sister taxa: Acoropsis, Acorus, Anthuriophyllum, Araceaepites, Araceophyllum, Aracispermum, Arecites, Arisaema, Arisaemites, Aronites, Aronium, Caladiosoma, Campylospermum, Cobbania, Colocasia, Colocasioideaepites, Lemnoideae, Monsteroideae, Natantisphyllum, Orontioideae, Pandaniidites, Peltandra, Pistia, Pistites, Porosia, Proxapertites, Thrinax, Typhonium

Subtaxa: Araceaeites friteli Araceaeites parisiense

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Type: Araceaeites parisiense

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at York Ranch Flora (Oligocene of Montana)

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