Coccoloba Linnaeus 1753 (knotweed)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Polygonaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

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

Sister taxa: Calligonum, Coccolobis, Coccolobites, Muehlenbeckia, Oxyria, Persicaria, Polycolporopollenites, Polygonacidites, Polygonites, Polygonocarpum, Polygonum, Rumex

Subtaxa: Coccoloba laevigata

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Rio Picheleufu (Eocene to Miocene of Argentina)

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