Angiospermae - Rosales - Rosaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Parent taxon: Rosaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Acaena, Amelanchites, Cercocarpus, Chamaebatiaria, Cotoneaster, Eriobotrya, Exochorda, Filipendula, Fragaria, Geum, Hagenia, Holodiscus, Lyonothamnoxylon, Lyonothamnus, Maloidoxylon, Mengea, Parinari, Parinarioxylon, Peraphyllum, Photinia, Physocarpus, Pomoxylon, Potentilla, Poterium, Pruniphyllum, Prunites, Prunus, Pygeum, Pyrus, Rosa, Rosaceaeoxylon, Rubus, Sanguisorba, Scandosorbus, Sorbaria, Spiraea, Vauquelinia
Subtaxa: Chrysobalanus eocenica Chrysobalanus eoicaco Chrysobalanus icaco Chrysobalanus inaequalis Chrysobalanus pollardiana
Type: Chrysobalanus icaco
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene of United States (4: California)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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