Mallotus Loureiro 1790 (spurge)

Angiospermae - Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae

Parent taxon: Euphorbiaceae according to M. Prasad et al. 2017

See also Antal and Awasthi 1993, Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996, MacGinitie 1941, Ozaki 1974, Prasad 2008 and Srivastava 1991

Sister taxa: Acalypha, Acalyphoideae, Agrostistachyophyllum, Alchornea, Alchorneaephyllum, Alchorneites, Aleuriteophyllum, Aleurites, Aleuritoxylon, Amperea, Antidesma, Baccaurea, Baliospermophyllum, Baliospermum, Baloghiaephyllum, Beyeria, Bischofinium, Bischofioxylon, Breynia, Bridelia, Bridelioxylon, Cephalomappa, Cleistanthus, Codiaephyllum, Croton, Crotonoideae, Crotonophyllum, Drypetes, Euphorbia, Euphorbiocarpon, Euphorbiofolium, Euphorbioides, Euphorbiophloios, Euphorbiophyllum, Euphorbiospermum, Euphorbiotheca, Euphorbioxylon, Euphorbocarpum, Excoecaria, Glochidion, Heveoxylon, Hippomaneoidea, Homonoia, Limalbocarpon, Macaranga, Macarangaephyllum, Mallotophyllum, Mallotoxylon, Omalanthus, Palaeowetherellia, Phyllanthinium, Phyllanthoideae, Phyllanthus, Piranheoxylon, Pseudolachnostyloxylon, Putranjivoxylon, Sapium, Securinegoxylon, Stillingia, Tithymalus, Trewia, Tricolporopollenites, Wetherellia, Xylophyllites

Subtaxa: Mallotus kalimpongensis Mallotus philippensis Mallotus prejaponicus Mallotus protojaponicus Mallotus riparius Mallotus venkatachalai

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (22 collections), India (4)

• Pliocene of China (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (2), Japan (2), Nepal (1)

• Miocene of Chile (1), China (3), Germany (3), India (4), Japan (1), New Zealand (3)

• Eocene of China (1), United States (9: California)

Total: 58 collections including 61 occurrences

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