Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Full reference: G. J. Jordan, J. M. Bannister, D. C. Mildenhall, R. Zetter, and D. E. Lee. 2010. Fossil Ericaceae from New Zealand: Deconstructing the Use of Fossil Evidence in Historical Biogeography. American Journal of Botany 97(1):59-70
Belongs to Richeaphyllum according to G. J. Jordan et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype: OU32214 held in the collections of the Department of Geology, University of Otago, a leaf (Cuticle). Its type locality is F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene mire/swamp lignite in New Zealand.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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