†Arctostaphylos verdiana Axelrod 1958 (heather)
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Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Full reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1958. The Pliocene Verdi flora of western Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 34(2):91-159
Belongs to Arctostaphylos according to D. I. Axelrod 1958
Sister taxa: Arctostaphylos elliptica, Arctostaphylos manzanita, Arctostaphylos mohavensis
Type specimen: UCMP Paleobotany 2022. Its type locality is Verdi Flora, which is in a Pliocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Coal Valley Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Verdi Flora
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