Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to A. P. Kershaw 1976
See also Knowlton 1919 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrcia, Myrciophyllum, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtophyllum, Myrtospermum, Myrtoxylon, Myrtus, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Syzygium, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites
Subtaxa: Eugenia anceps Eugenia densinervia Eugenia grenadensis Eugenia hilgardiana Eugenia primaeva Eugenia puryearensis Eugenia tuscaloosensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (9 collections), the Bahamas (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Miocene of Colombia (3), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (1), Ecuador (1), United States (2: Nevada)
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (3)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (3: Colorado)
• Eocene of India (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Colorado, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
• Tertiary of Venezuela (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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