Laurophyllum acutum Hill 1986 (laurel)

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill. 1986. Lauraceous leaves from the Eocene of Nerriga, New South Wales. Alcheringa 10(4):327-351

Belongs to Laurophyllum according to R. S. Hill 1986

Sister taxa: Laurophyllum acrodromum, Laurophyllum acuminatum, 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 hickenii, 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: Holotype: N-0005, housed in the Botany Department, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Cuticles). Its type locality is Nerriga Flora, which is in an Eocene/Eocene fluvial-lacustrine siltstone/mudstone in Australia.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Nerriga Flora

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