Cupania Linnaeus 1753 (soapberry)

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Sapindaceae according to M. Prasad 2008

See also MacGinitie 1941

Sister taxa: Alectryon, Allophylus, Arytera, Athyana, Bohlenia, Cardiospermum, Cupanieidites, Cupanites, Diatenopteryx, Djambioxylon, Dodonaea, Dodonaeites, Doratoxylon, Erioglossum, Euphorea, Euphoriaecarpum, Euphoriopsis, Euphorioxylon, Filicium, Fraasia, Ganophyllum, Harpullia, Heterodendrum, Hypelate, Klaassenoxylon, Koelreuteria, Lepisanthes, Nephelium, Omalocarpus, Otophora, Palaealectryon, Palaeallophyllus, Paranephelium, Pometioxylon, Sapindaceaepites, Sapindiphyllum, Sapindoidea, Sapindoides, Sapindophyllum, Sapindopsis, Sapindopsoxylon, Sapindospermum, Sapindoxylon, Sapindus, Schleichera, Schleicheroxylon, Striasyncolpites, Thouinopsis, Tripterodendron, Xerospermum, Aesculus, Aesculoxylon, Acerites, Acerpollenites, Dipteronia, Acer, Monopleurophyllum, Rulac

Subtaxa: Cupania americana Cupania grosseserrata Cupania miocenica Cupania oregona

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Type: Cupania americana

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), India (1), Panama (2)

• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California)

• Paleogene of Chile (1)

Total: 10 collections including 23 occurrences

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