Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae

Full reference: Z. Cao, S. Wu, P. Zhang and J. Li. 1998. Discovery of fossil monocotyledons from Yixian Formation, western Liaoning. Chinese Science Bulletin 43(3):230-233

Parent taxon: Cyperaceae according to Z. Cao et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Bisboeckelera, Capitularina, Carex, Caricoideae, Cladiocarya, Cladium, Coleochloa, Cyperaceoxylon, Cyperacites, Cyperocarpus, Cyperus, Eleocharis, Gahnia, Krenakia, Machaerina, Polycarpella, Schoenoplectus, Scirpitis, Scirpoideae, Scirpus, Scirpusoxylon, Scleriocarya, Trianoptiles, Volkeria

Subtaxa: Liaoxia chenii

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Type: Liaoxia chenii

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Jianshangou bed, near Chaomidian (Cretaceous of China)

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