†Rhizophora eocenica Berry 1914 (true mangrove)
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Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Rhizophoraceae
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 Rhizophora according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Berry 1914
Sister taxa: Rhizophora candel, Rhizophora conjugata, Rhizophora cylindrica, Rhizophora gymnorhiza, Rhizophora mangle
Type specimen: Its type locality is Phinizy Gully, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the McBean Formation of Georgia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Georgia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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