Cucubalus Linnaeus 1753 (carnation)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae

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: Caryophyllaceae according to Y. J. Huang et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Caryophyllaceaepites, Caryophylloflora, Centrospermocarpon, Cerastium, Dianthus, Gypsophila, Krauseola, Minuartia, Pseudostellaria, Spergula, Stellaria, Viscaria, Alsinites

Subtaxa: Cucubalus acaulis Cucubalus aegyptiacus Cucubalus baccifer Cucubalus behen Cucubalus catholicus Cucubalus fabarius Cucubalus otites Cucubalus prebaccifer Cucubalus quadrifidus Cucubalus reflexus Cucubalus stellatus Cucubalus tataricus Cucubalus viscosus

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Type: Cucubalus baccifer

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Fudong, Lanping (red claystone) (Pliocene of China)

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