Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Parent taxon: Lauraceae according to Y.-S. Liu et al. 1996
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Actinodaphne, Alseodaphne, Bandulskaia, Beilschmiedia, Benzoin, Cinnamomum, Crowella, Cryptocarya, Cryptocaryoides, Daphnogene, Daphnophyllum, Diemenia, Goeppertia, Lauraceaephyllum, Lauraceophylloderma, Lauranthus, Laurinastrum, Laurinoxylon, Laurocalyx, Laurocarpum, Laurophyllites, Laurophyllum, Laurus, Lindera, Litsaeophyllum, Litsea, Litseaphyllum, Litseopsis, Machilus, Machilusoxylon, Malapoenna, Marmarthia, Mauldinia, Mespilodaphne, Mezilaurinoxylon, Michilus, Nectandra, Nectandrophyllum, Neocinnamomum, Nothaphoebe, Ocotea, Ocoteoxylon, Oreodaphne, Patagonoxylon, Persea, Perseanthus, Perseoxylon, Persites, Phoebe, Piliparicutis, Potomacanthus, Potoxylon, Protoravensara, Sassafras, Sassafrophyllum, Trianthera, Ulminium, Umbellularia, Williamodendron
Subtaxa: Neolitsea lata Neolitsea sahnii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (2 collections)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
• Eocene of China (1), India (1), Japan (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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