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†Sterculia rigida Lesquereux 1883 (tropical chestnut)

Angiospermae - Malvales - Malvaceae

Belongs to Sterculia according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Sterculia acuminalobata, Sterculia acuminataloba, Sterculia aperta, Sterculia balanghas, Sterculia berryana, Sterculia cliffwoodensis, Sterculia coriacea, Sterculia elegans, Sterculia engleri, Sterculia foetida, Sterculia kathgodamense, Sterculia lineariloba, Sterculia lugubris, Sterculia minima, Sterculia mioensifolia, Sterculia mohgaonsis, Sterculia mucronata, Sterculia patagonica, Sterculia platanoides, Sterculia prelabrusca, Sterculia premontana, Sterculia puryearensis, Sterculia reticulata, Sterculia saportanea, Sterculia snowii, Sterculia tertiara, Sterculia tripartita, Sterculia vetustula, Sterculia washburnii

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Florissant Flora (Eocene of Colorado)

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