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, Mespilodaphne, Mezilaurinoxylon, Michilus, Nectandra, Nectandrophyllum, Neocinnamomum, Neolitsea, Nothaphoebe, Ocotea, Ocoteoxylon, Patagonoxylon, Persea, Perseanthus, Perseoxylon, Persites, Phoebe, Piliparicutis, Potomacanthus, Potoxylon, Protoravensara, Sassafras, Sassafrophyllum, Trianthera, Ulminium, Umbellularia, Williamodendron
Subtaxa: Oreodaphne alabamensis Oreodaphne coushatta Oreodaphne cretacea Oreodaphne litsaeformis Oreodaphne mississippiensis Oreodaphne obtusifolia Oreodaphne pseudoguianensis Oreodaphne puryearensis Oreodaphne ratonensis Oreodaphne salinensis Oreodaphne shirleyensis Oreodaphne wilcoxensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Neogene of China (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Vietnam (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of United States (4: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences
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