Physalis hunickenii Deanna et al. 2020 (ground cherry)

Angiospermae - Solanales - Solanaceae

Full reference: R. Deanna, P. Wilf, and M. A. Gandolfo. 2020. New physaloid fruit-fossil species from early Eocene South America. American Journal of Botany 107(12):1749-1762

Belongs to Physalis according to R. Deanna et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Physalis alkekengii, Physalis angulata, Physalis flexuosa, Physalis grisea, Physalis infinemundi, Physalis minima, Physalis pruinosa, Physalis pubescens, Physalis somnifera, Physalis viscosa

Type specimen: Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Chubut, Argentina, MPEF-Pb 6443a,b, a seed/fruit. Its type locality is Laguna del Hunco: quarry LH29, which is in a Ypresian crater lake siliciclastic in the Huitrera Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Laguna del Hunco: quarry LH29

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