†Pisonia claibornensis Berry 1914 (birdcatcher tree)
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Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Nyctaginaceae
Full reference: E. W. Berry. 1914. The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 84:1-200
Belongs to Pisonia according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Berry 1914
Sister taxa: Pisonia aculeata, Pisonia chlorophylloides, Pisonia cretacea, Pisonia eolignitica, Pisonia mitis, Pisonia puryearensis, Pisonia racemosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Macon, 16 miles south of, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Georgia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Macon, 16 miles south of
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