Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Sapotaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Sapotaceae according to M. Prasad et al. 2017
See also Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Bassia, Bumelia, Chrysophylloxylon, Eoachras, Illipophyllum, Isonanadrophyllum, Kaikoraia, Madhucoxylon, Mimusops, Neolemonniera, Palaquiophyllum, Palaquium, Pilimparicutis, Pouterlabatia, Sapotaceoidaepollenites, Sapotacites, Sapoteites, Sapoticarpum, Sapotispermum, Sapotophyllum, Sapotoxylon, Sarcosperma, Siderinium, Siderophyllum, Sideroxylon
Subtaxa: Chrysophyllum bhairauvensis Chrysophyllum cainito Chrysophyllum ficifolia
Type: Chrysophyllum cainito
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Bolivia (1 collection)
• Miocene of China (1), Haiti (1), India (1)
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (2)
• Eocene of United States (1: Missouri), Venezuela (1)
• Tertiary of Venezuela (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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