Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Full reference: Z. X. Wang and B. N. Sun. 2019. Systematic descriptions, in New fossil leaves and fruits of Lauraceae from the Middle Miocene of Fujian, southeastern China differentiated using a cluster analysis. Historical Biology 31(5):581-599
Belongs to Laurophyllum according to Z. X. Wang and B. N. Sun 2019
Sister taxa: Laurophyllum acrodromum, Laurophyllum acuminatum, Laurophyllum acutum, Laurophyllum alseodaphnoides, Laurophyllum angulosum, Laurophyllum angustifolium, Laurophyllum arcuatum, Laurophyllum australum, Laurophyllum beilschmiedioides, Laurophyllum brochidodromum, Laurophyllum calicarioides, Laurophyllum caudatum, Laurophyllum chubutensis, Laurophyllum conspicuum, Laurophyllum cuspidatus, Laurophyllum debile, Laurophyllum elegans, Laurophyllum florum, Laurophyllum fremontensis, Laurophyllum hickenii, Laurophyllum insigne, Laurophyllum intramarginatum, Laurophyllum juvenalis, Laurophyllum kurtzi, Laurophyllum lacustris, Laurophyllum lanceolatum, Laurophyllum lanceolatum, Laurophyllum lindaiensis, Laurophyllum litseaefolia, Laurophyllum longfordiensis, Laurophyllum maarensis, Laurophyllum microphyllum, Laurophyllum minus, Laurophyllum nervillosum, Laurophyllum ocoteaeoides, Laurophyllum otagoensis, Laurophyllum perseanum, Laurophyllum piatnitzkyi, Laurophyllum preflorum, Laurophyllum proteaefolium, Laurophyllum pubescens, Laurophyllum sinuatum, Laurophyllum squamatum, Laurophyllum striatum, Laurophyllum sylvestris, Laurophyllum taieriensis, Laurophyllum triangulatum, Laurophyllum vulcanicola, Laurophyllum waipiata, Laurophyllum zhangpuensis
Type specimen: Institute of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Lanzhou University, FJZP–2014 LDGSW–045 (A, B), a leaf. Its type locality is Lindai, Zhangpu, which is in a Langhian fluvial diatomite in the Middle Formation of China.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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