Laurophyllum hickenii Menéndez 1959 (laurel)

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Full reference: C. A. Menéndez. 1959. Flora cretacica de la serie del Castillo al S del Cerro Cachetaman, Chubut. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina XIV(3-4):219-238

Belongs to Laurophyllum according to C. A. Menéndez 1959

Sister taxa: Laurophyllum acrodromum, Laurophyllum acuminatum, Laurophyllum acutum, Laurophyllum alseodaphnoides, Laurophyllum angulosum, Laurophyllum angustifolium, Laurophyllum arcuatum, Laurophyllum australum, Laurophyllum beilschmiedioides, Laurophyllum brochidodromum, Laurophyllum calicarioides, Laurophyllum caudatum, Laurophyllum chubutensis, Laurophyllum conspicuum, Laurophyllum cuspidatus, Laurophyllum debile, Laurophyllum elegans, Laurophyllum florum, Laurophyllum fotanensis, Laurophyllum fremontensis, Laurophyllum insigne, Laurophyllum intramarginatum, Laurophyllum juvenalis, Laurophyllum kurtzi, Laurophyllum lacustris, Laurophyllum lanceolatum, Laurophyllum lanceolatum, Laurophyllum lindaiensis, Laurophyllum litseaefolia, Laurophyllum longfordiensis, Laurophyllum maarensis, Laurophyllum microphyllum, Laurophyllum minus, Laurophyllum nervillosum, Laurophyllum ocoteaeoides, Laurophyllum otagoensis, Laurophyllum perseanum, Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi, Laurophyllum preflorum, Laurophyllum proteaefolium, Laurophyllum pubescens, Laurophyllum sinuatum, Laurophyllum squamatum, Laurophyllum striatum, Laurophyllum sylvestris, Laurophyllum taieriensis, Laurophyllum triangulatum, Laurophyllum vulcanicola, Laurophyllum waipiata, Laurophyllum zhangpuensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro Cachetamán, which is in a Cretaceous terrestrial horizon in Argentina

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Cerro Cachetamán

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