Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae
Full reference: R. Kräusel. 1939. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Ägyptens. IV. Die fossilen Floren Ägyptens. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung. Neue Folge 47:1-140
Parent taxon: Malvaceae according to R. Kräusel 1939
See also Andrews 1970 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Abutilon, Allobriquetia, Androcalva, Apeiba, Aristotelicaulon, Bombaciphyllum, Bombacoxylon, Daberocarpon, Discoidites, Dombeyoideae, Firmiana, Guazuma, Heritieroxylon, Hibiscus, Hightea, Luehea, Malva, Malvacarpus, Malvacearumpollis, Malvaciphyllum, Malvastrum, Malvocarpon, Manihotites, Marcanodendron, Mortoniodendron, Rhodognaphalon, Sterculia, Sterculites, Urena, Wataria, Wheeleroxylon
Subtaxa: Hibiscoxylon intertrappeum Hibiscoxylon mohgaoense Hibiscoxylon niloticum
Type: Hibiscoxylon niloticum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleogene of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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