Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Parent taxon: Lauraceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Actinodaphne, Alseodaphne, Bandulskaia, Beilschmiedia, Benzoin, Cinnamomum, Crowella, Cryptocarya, Cryptocaryoides, Daphnogene, Daphnophyllum, Diemenia, Goeppertia, Lauraceaephyllum, Lauraceophylloderma, Lauranthus, Laurinastrum, Laurinoxylon, Laurocalyx, Laurocarpum, Laurophyllites, Laurophyllum, Laurus, Lindera, Litsaeophyllum, Litsea, Litseaphyllum, Litseopsis, Machilus, Machilusoxylon, Malapoenna, Marmarthia, Mauldinia, Mezilaurinoxylon, Michilus, Nectandra, Nectandrophyllum, Neocinnamomum, Neolitsea, Nothaphoebe, Ocotea, Ocoteoxylon, Oreodaphne, Patagonoxylon, Persea, Perseanthus, Perseoxylon, Persites, Phoebe, Piliparicutis, Potomacanthus, Potoxylon, Protoravensara, Sassafras, Sassafrophyllum, Trianthera, Ulminium, Umbellularia, Williamodendron
Subtaxa: Mespilodaphne coushatta Mespilodaphne eolignitica Mespilodaphne longifolia Mespilodaphne pseudoglauca Mespilodaphne puryearensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Brazil (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (3), Ecuador (1), Haiti (1), Peru (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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