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 Rhamnus according to D. I. Axelrod 1939
Sister taxa: Rhamnus (Frangula), Rhamnus acuminatifolius, Rhamnus acuta, Rhamnus alaternoides, Rhamnus belmontensis, Rhamnus californica, Rhamnus calyptus, Rhamnus cleburni, Rhamnus coushatta, Rhamnus crenatulus, Rhamnus crenatus, Rhamnus dechenii, Rhamnus deformatus, Rhamnus deletus, Rhamnus elegans, Rhamnus eoligniticus, Rhamnus eorectinervis, Rhamnus eridani, Rhamnus fischeri, Rhamnus florissantensis, Rhamnus gaudini, Rhamnus goldianus, Rhamnus hemsleyana, Rhamnus inaequilateralis, Rhamnus intermedius, Rhamnus kansensis, Rhamnus kirchneri, Rhamnus lesquereuxi, Rhamnus marginatus, Rhamnus meriani, Rhamnus mudgei, Rhamnus newberryi, Rhamnus novaecaesareae, Rhamnus obovatus, Rhamnus parvifolia, Rhamnus plenus, Rhamnus prunifolius, Rhamnus purshiana, Rhamnus puryearensis, Rhamnus quilchensis, Rhamnus rectinervis, Rhamnus revoluta, Rhamnus salicifolius, Rhamnus similis, Rhamnus tenax, Rhamnus utilis, Rhamnus virgata, Rhamnus washakiensis, Rhamnus williardi, Rhamnus woottonensis
Type specimen: UCMP 1504, 1505. 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)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (3: California, Nevada)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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