Myrsine Linnaeus 1753

Dicotyledoneae - Primulales - Myrsinaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Myrsinaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

See also Berry 1914, Chauhan 1991, Kershaw et al. 2007 and Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Aegiceras, Ardisia, Ardisiophyllum, Ardisioxylon, Icacorea, Myrsinites, Myrsinophyllum, Myrsinopsis, Pleiomerites, Pleiomeropsis

Subtaxa: Myrsine africana Myrsine borealis Myrsine capitellala Myrsine crassa Myrsine crassula Myrsine gaudini Myrsine laminarum Myrsine latifolia Myrsine oblongata Myrsine precapitellata Myrsine semiserrata

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (25 collections), India (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tanzania (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1), Nepal (1)

• Miocene of Brazil (1)

• Eocene of Japan (6)

• Cretaceous of United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 38 collections including 39 occurrences

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