Angiospermae - Celastrales - Celastraceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Celastraceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Chauhan 1991 and Liu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Asterocelastrus, Canticarpum, Cathispermum, Celastrinanthium, Celastrinites, Celastrinoxylon, Celastrocarpus, Celastrus, Elaeodendron, Elaeodendroxylon, Goupioxylon, Gyminda, Gymnosporioxylon, Lophopetalumoxylon, Maytenus, Mystroxylon, Pachystima, Perrottetia, Perrottetioxylon
Subtaxa: Euonymus flexifolius Euonymus splendens Euonymus xantholithensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (3 collections)
• Pliocene of China (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene of China (2), Germany (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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