Angiospermae - Lamiales - Oleaceae
Parent taxon: Oleaceae according to Y.-S. Liu et al. 1996
See also Knowlton 1919 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Anacolosa, Chionanthus, Elaioides, Forestiera, Fraxinoxylon, Fraxinus, Jasminum, Ligustrum, Notelaea, Olea, Oleaecarpum, Oleinites, Oleiphyllum, Oleocarpon, Oleoxylon, Oleracites, Phillyrea, Schreberoidea, Schreberoxylon, Syringa
Subtaxa: Osmanthus eocenicus Osmanthus pedatus Osmanthus praemissa
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), United States (1: Montana)
• Oligocene of Vietnam (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado)
• Eocene of India (1), United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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