†Calyptranthes myrtifolia MacGinitie 1941 (myrtle)
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Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Full reference: H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178
Belongs to Calyptranthes according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxon: Calyptranthes eocenica
Type specimen: U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. holotype no. 2314. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat
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