Avicennia Linnaeus 1753 (verbena)

Angiospermae - Lamiales - Verbenaceae

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

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

See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Linnaeus 1753

Sister taxa: Callicarpa, Citharexylum, Clerodendrum, Dipyrena, Gmelina, Gmelinoxylon, Holmskioldia, Lippia, Premnophyllum, Tectona, Tectonoxylon, Vitex, Vitexoxylon, Viticocarpum

Subtaxa: Avicennia eocenica Avicennia nitidaformis Avicennia officinalis

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Type: Avicennia officinalis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (5 collections), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (1)

• Oligocene of India (1)

• Eocene of Myanmar (2)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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