Tsuga xianfengensis Xing and Zhou 2013 (conifer)

Pinopsida - Pinales - Pinaceae

Full reference: Y. W. Xing and Z. K. Zhou. 2013. Systematic descriptions, in A new Tsuga species from the upper Miocene of Yunnan, southwestern China and its palaeogeographic significance. Palaeoworld 22(3-4):159-167

Belongs to Tsuga according to Y. W. Xing and Z. K. Zhou 2013

Sister taxa: Tsuga longibracteata, Tsuga mertensiana, Tsuga miosieboldiana, Tsuga nanfengensis

Type specimen: Kunming Institute of Botany, HLT 1300, a seed/fruit. Its type locality is Xianfeng Coal Mine, Kunming, which is in a Miocene fluvial horizon in the Xiaolongtan Formation of China.

Distribution: found only at Xianfeng Coal Mine, Kunming

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