Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Parent taxon: Rosaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Axelrod 1939 and Liu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acaena, Amelanchites, Chamaebatiaria, Chrysobalanus, Cotoneaster, Eriobotrya, Exochorda, Filipendula, Fragaria, Hagenia, Holodiscus, Lyonothamnoxylon, Lyonothamnus, Maloidoxylon, Mengea, Parinari, Parinarioxylon, Photinia, Physocarpus, Pomoxylon, Potentilla, Poterium, Pruniphyllum, Prunites, Prunus, Pygeum, Pyrus, Rosa, Rosaceaeoxylon, Rubus, Sanguisorba, Sorbaria, Spiraea, Vauquelinia
Subtaxa: Cercocarpus antiquus Cercocarpus betulaefolius Cercocarpus orestesi Cercocarpus praeledifolius
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (17: California, Montana, Nevada collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (4: Colorado)
• Eocene of China (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 24 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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