Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to F. De Benedetti et al. 2023
See also Barreda et al. 2012, De Benedetti et al. 2023, Huang et al. 2023, Perez Loinaze et al. 2023, Povilauskas 2013, Povilauskas et al. 2008, Santamarina et al. 2020, Vallati et al. 2020 and Vera et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, Dendrium, Dermatophyllites, Epacridiphyllum, Epacriphyllum, Epacris, Ericiphyllum, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia, Kalmiophyllum, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Monotoca, Needhamiella, Orphanidesites, Pieris, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma, Xylococcus
Subtaxa: Ericipites annulatus Ericipites crassiexinus Ericipites microtectanum Ericipites sahnii Ericipites scabratus Ericipites verrucatus
Type: Ericipites annulatus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (2)
• Miocene of Australia (6), India (1), New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (6), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Colombia (2), Germany (9), Myanmar (8), Southern Ocean (4), United States (19: Alaska, Louisiana, Missouri, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (18), Australia (2), United States (23: Alaska, Wyoming), Venezuela (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (16), Canada (1: Alberta), United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 130 collections including 142 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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