Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Full reference: L. Lesquereux. 1878. Report on the Fossil Plants of the Auriferous Gravel Deposits of the Sierra Nevada. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 6(2):1-62
Belongs to Persea according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Lesquereux 1878
Sister taxa: Persea borbonia, Persea brossiana, Persea coloradica, Persea dilleri, Persea hayana, Persea leconteana, Persea longipetiolata, Persea mycrophylla, Persea praelingue, Persea pubescens, Persea punctulata, Persea purniyagiriensis, Persea schimperi, Persea speciosa, Persea sternbergii, Persea valida, Persea wilcoxiana
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California, Idaho, Oregon collections)
• Eocene of United States (16: California, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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