Suessenia Jud et al. 2017 (buckthorn)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rhamnaceae

Full reference: N. A. Jud, M. A. Gandolfo, A. Iglesias and P. Wilf. 2017. Flowering after disaster: Early Danian buckthorn (Rhamnaceae) flowers and leaves from Patagonia. PLoS ONE 12(5)

Parent taxon: Rhamnaceae according to E. Stiles et al. 2020

See also Jud et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Alphitonia, Archaeopaliurus, Berchemia, Berchemiopsis, Berhamniphyllum, Ceanothus, Colubrina, Condalia, Emmenosperma, Eorhamnidium, Helobiaephyllum, Hovenia, Hoveniphyllum, Karwinskia, Lasiodiscus, Nothiantha, Notiantha, Paliurites, Paliurus, Phyliceae, Pomaderris, Pomaderrites, Protolotus, Reynosia, Rhamnacinium, Rhamneaepites, Rhamnella, Rhamnidium, Rhamnites, Rhamnospermum, Rhamnoxylon, Rhamnus, Ventilago, Ziziphus, Zizyphoxylon, Zizyphus

Subtaxa: Suessenia grandensis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Rancho Grande (Paleocene of Argentina)

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