Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Full reference: J. S. Bowerbank. 1840. A History of the Fossil Fruits & Seeds of the London Clay 1-144
Parent taxon: Euphorbiaceae according to B. H. Tiffney 1999
See also Andrews 1970, Chandler 1961, Chandler 1962 and Mazer and Tiffney 1982
Sister taxa: Acalypha, Acalyphoideae, Agrostistachyophyllum, Alchornea, Alchorneaephyllum, Alchorneites, Aleuriteophyllum, Aleurites, Aleuritoxylon, Amperea, Antidesma, Baccaurea, Baliospermophyllum, Baliospermum, Baloghiaephyllum, Beyeria, Bischofinium, Bischofioxylon, Breynia, Bridelia, Bridelioxylon, Cephalomappa, Cleistanthus, Codiaephyllum, Croton, Crotonoideae, Crotonophyllum, Drypetes, Euphorbia, Euphorbiocarpon, Euphorbiofolium, Euphorbioides, Euphorbiophloios, Euphorbiophyllum, Euphorbiospermum, Euphorbiotheca, Euphorbioxylon, Euphorbocarpum, Excoecaria, Glochidion, Heveoxylon, Hippomaneoidea, Homonoia, Limalbocarpon, Macaranga, Macarangaephyllum, Mallotophyllum, Mallotoxylon, Mallotus, Omalanthus, Palaeowetherellia, Phyllanthinium, Phyllanthoideae, Phyllanthus, Piranheoxylon, Pseudolachnostyloxylon, Putranjivoxylon, Sapium, Securinegoxylon, Stillingia, Tithymalus, Trewia, Tricolporopollenites, Xylophyllites
Subtaxa: Wetherellia dixoni Wetherellia marylandica Wetherellia variabilis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (7 collections), United States (5: Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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