Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Full reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1961. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. I. Palaeocene Floras. London Clay Flora (Supplement) 1-354
Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
See also Chandler 1961
Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lithomyrtus, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrcia, Myrciophyllum, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtophyllum, Myrtoxylon, Myrtus, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Syzygium, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites
Subtaxa: Myrtospermum boveyanum Myrtospermum cooperi Myrtospermum variabile Myrtospermum warreni
Type: Myrtospermum boveyanum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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