Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae
Full reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1939. A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516:1-129
Belongs to Ceanothus according to D. I. Axelrod 1939
Sister taxa: Ceanothus africanus, Ceanothus americanus, Ceanothus asiaticus, Ceanothus constrictus, Ceanothus cretaceus, Ceanothus precrassifolius
Type specimen: UCMP 1496, 1002. Its type locality is Cache Peak (P-3643), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Bopesta Formation of California.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Miocene of United States (2: California, Nevada)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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