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†Echitonium Unger 1839 (dogbane)

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

Parent taxon: Apocynaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Andrews 1970

Sister taxa: Alstonia, Alyxia, Apocynaceoxylon, Apocynocarpum, Apocynophyllum, Apocynospermum, Aspidospermoxylon, Carissa, Chonemorpha, Cricotriporites, Cypselites, Fezzania, Hemidesmus, Kibatalia, Landolphia, Leakeyia, Lyonsiaephyllum, Neritinium, Nerium, Ochrosella, Ochrosoidea, Plumieroideae, Pseudolithos, Rauvolfia, Stapelianthus, Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontanophyllum, Thevetia, Topea, Wrightia, Acerates, Polioexolobus, Periploca, Asclepiadites, Asclepiophyllum

Subtaxa: Echitonium lanceolatum Echitonium sophiae Echitonium superstes

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Type: Echitonium superstes

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Hill of La Défense (Puteaux) (Eocene of France)

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