Maytenus Molina 1782 (bittersweet)

Angiospermae - Celastrales - Celastraceae

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

See also Chauhan 1991

Sister taxa: Asterocelastrus, Canticarpum, Cathispermum, Celastrinanthium, Celastrinites, Celastrinoxylon, Celastrocarpus, Celastrus, Elaeodendron, Elaeodendroxylon, Euonymus, Goupioxylon, Gyminda, Gymnosporioxylon, Lophopetalumoxylon, Mystroxylon, Pachystima, Perrottetia, Perrottetioxylon, Reissantia, Sarawakodendron

Subtaxa: Maytenus puryearensis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (4 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), Uganda (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Tertiary of Venezuela (1)

Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences

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