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Acerates Elliott 1817 (dogbane)

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

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

Sister taxa: Alstonia, Alyxia, Apocynaceoxylon, Apocynocarpum, Apocynophyllum, Apocynospermum, Aspidospermoxylon, Carissa, Chonemorpha, Cricotriporites, Cypselites, Echitonium, Fezzania, Hemidesmus, Kibatalia, Landolphia, Leakeyia, Lyonsiaephyllum, Neritinium, Nerium, Ochrosella, Ochrosoidea, Plumieroideae, Pseudolithos, Rauvolfia, Stapelianthus, Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontanophyllum, Thevetia, Topea, Wrightia, Asclepiophyllum, Periploca, Polioexolobus, Asclepiadites

Subtaxa: Acerates amboyensis Acerates fructifer

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Shirleys Mill (Cretaceous of Alabama)

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