Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to Y.-S. Liu et al. 1996
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrcia, Myrciophyllum, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtospermum, Myrtoxylon, Myrtus, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Syzygium, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites
Subtaxa: Myrtophyllum sapindoides Myrtophyllum torreyi
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (1 collection)
• Paleocene of United States (8: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (3: Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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