Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrciophyllum, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtophyllum, Myrtospermum, Myrtoxylon, Myrtus, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Syzygium, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites
Subtaxa: Myrcia bentonensis Myrcia granadensis Myrcia nitens Myrcia parvifolia Myrcia puryearensis Myrcia reticulatovenosa Myrcia vera Myrcia worthenii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Bolivia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Chile (2), Cuba (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (2)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Pliocene of Peru (1)
• Paleogene of Chile (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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