Hightea Bowerbank 1840 (mallow)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay. 1-144

Parent taxon: Malvaceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970

Sister taxa: Abutilon, Allobriquetia, Androcalva, Apeiba, Aristotelicaulon, Bombaciphyllum, Bombacoxylon, Daberocarpon, Discoidites, Dombeyoideae, Firmiana, Guazuma, Heritieroxylon, Hibiscoxylon, Hibiscus, Luehea, Malva, Malvacarpus, Malvacearumpollis, Malvaciphyllum, Malvastrum, Malvocarpon, Manihotites, Marcanodendron, Mortoniodendron, Rhodognaphalon, Sterculia, Sterculites, Urena, Wataria, Wheeleroxylon

Subtaxa: Hightea attenuata Hightea elegans Hightea elliptica Hightea fusiformis Hightea inflata Hightea minima Hightea orbicularis Hightea oviformis Hightea turbinata Hightea turgida

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 22 occurrences

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