Spiraea Linnaeus 1753 (meadowsweet)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Rosaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Liu et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Acaena, Amelanchites, Cercocarpus, Chamaebatiaria, Chrysobalanus, Cotoneaster, Eriobotrya, Exochorda, Filipendula, Fragaria, Hagenia, Holodiscus, Lyonothamnoxylon, Lyonothamnus, Maloidoxylon, Mengea, Parinari, Parinarioxylon, Photinia, Physocarpus, Pomoxylon, Potentilla, Poterium, Pruniphyllum, Prunites, Prunus, Pygeum, Pyrus, Rosa, Rosaceaeoxylon, Rubus, Sanguisorba, Sorbaria, Vauquelinia

Subtaxa: Spiraea alpina Spiraea andersoni Spiraea canescens

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (3 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (2)

• Pliocene of China (4), Germany (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Germany (1), Japan (3), Switzerland (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Idaho, Montana)

• Eocene of China (1)

Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences

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