†Elaeagnus tibetensis Su and Zhou 2014 (oleaster)
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Angiospermae - Rosales - Elaeagnaceae
Full reference: T. Su and Z. K. Zhou. 2014. Systematic descriptions, in Miocene leaves of Elaeagnus (Elaeagnaceae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, its modern center of diversity and endemism. American Journal of Botany 101(8):1350-1361
Belongs to Elaeagnus according to T. Su and Z. K. Zhou 2014
Sister taxa: Elaeagnus angustifolia, Elaeagnus latifolia
Type specimen: Herbarium of Kunming Institute of Botany, PC2014001, a leaf. Its type locality is Kajun, Markam (bed MK3), which is in a Priabonian fluvial siltstone/mudstone in the Lawula Formation of China.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Kajun, Markam (bed MK3)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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