Palaeocleome Chandler 1962 (caper)

Dicotyledoneae - Papaverales - Capparidaceae

Full reference: M. E. J. Chandler. 1962. The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. II. Flora of the Pipe-Clay Series of Dorset (Lower Bagshot). British Museum (Natural History) London 1-176

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

Sister taxa: Burtonella, Cadaba, Capparidispermum, Capparidocarpus, Capparis, Capparites, Forchhammerioxylon

Subtaxa: Palaeocleome lakense Palaeocleome lakensis

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Type: Palaeocleome lakense

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Lower Bagshot - Lake near Poole (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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