Macaranga Thouars 1806 (spurge)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Parent taxon: Euphorbiaceae according to M. A. Khan et al. 2015

See also Antal and Awasthi 1993, Kershaw 1976, Prasad 2008 and Wilf et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Acalypha, Acalyphoideae, Agrostistachyophyllum, Alchornea, Alchorneaephyllum, Alchorneites, Aleuriteophyllum, Aleurites, Aleuritoxylon, Amperea, Antidesma, Baccaurea, Baliospermophyllum, Baliospermum, Baloghiaephyllum, Beyeria, Bischofinium, Bischofioxylon, Breynia, Bridelia, Bridelioxylon, Cephalomappa, Cleistanthus, Codiaephyllum, Croton, Crotonoideae, Crotonophyllum, Drypetes, Enriquebeltrania, Euphorbia, Euphorbiocarpon, Euphorbiofolium, Euphorbioides, Euphorbiophloios, Euphorbiophyllum, Euphorbiospermum, Euphorbiotheca, Euphorbioxylon, Euphorbocarpum, Excoecaria, Glochidion, Heveoxylon, Hippomaneoidea, Homonoia, Limalbocarpon, Macarangaephyllum, Mallotophyllum, Mallotoxylon, Mallotus, Neoshirakia, Omalanthus, Palaeowetherellia, Phyllanthinium, Phyllanthoideae, Phyllanthus, Piranheoxylon, Pseudolachnostyloxylon, Putranjivoxylon, Romanoa, Sapium, Securinegoxylon, Stillingia, Tithymalus, Trewia, Tricolporopollenites, Wetherellia, Xylophyllites

Subtaxa: Macaranga denticulata Macaranga kirkjohnsonii Macaranga siwalika Macaranga tanarius

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (34 collections), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (3), United States (10: Washington)

Total: 51 collections including 63 occurrences

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