Caryophylloflora Jordan and Macphail 2003 (carnation)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Caryophyllaceae

Full reference: G. J. Jordan and M. K. Macphail. 2003. A Middle-Late Eocene inflorescence of Caryophyllaceae from Tasmania, Australia. American Journal of Botany 90:761-768

Parent taxon: Caryophyllaceae according to G. J. Jordan and M. K. Macphail 2003

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

Subtaxa: Caryophylloflora paleogenica

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Type: Caryophylloflora paleogenica

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Locharbour (Eocene to Eocene of Australia)

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