Sterculia patagonica Menéndez 1959 (tropical chestnut)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

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 Sterculia according to C. A. Menéndez 1959

Sister taxa: Sterculia acuminalobata, Sterculia acuminataloba, Sterculia aperta, Sterculia berryana, Sterculia cliffwoodensis, Sterculia coriacea, Sterculia elegans, Sterculia engleri, Sterculia kathgodamense, Sterculia lineariloba, Sterculia lugubris, Sterculia minima, Sterculia mioensifolia, Sterculia mohgaonsis, Sterculia mucronata, Sterculia platanoides, Sterculia prelabrusca, Sterculia premontana, Sterculia puryearensis, Sterculia reticulata, Sterculia rigida, Sterculia saportanea, Sterculia snowii, Sterculia tertiara, Sterculia tripartita, Sterculia vetustula, Sterculia washburnii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mirhoja, Mirador Mesa, which is in a Miocene/Miocene terrestrial siliciclastic in Argentina

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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