Angiospermae - Cornales - Nyssaceae
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 Nyssa according to H. D. MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Nyssa acuticostata, Nyssa aquatica, Nyssa aquaticaformis, Nyssa arctica, Nyssa ascoidea, Nyssa biflora, Nyssa buddiana, Nyssa clarkii, Nyssa complanata, Nyssa cooperi, Nyssa crassicostata, Nyssa cuneata, Nyssa curta, Nyssa cylindrica, Nyssa denveriana, Nyssa disseminata, Nyssa elongata, Nyssa eolignitica, Nyssa equicostata, Nyssa europaea, Nyssa excavata, Nyssa gracilis, Nyssa jonesii, Nyssa laevigata, Nyssa lamellosa, Nyssa lanceolata, Nyssa lescurii, Nyssa microcarpa, Nyssa multicostata, Nyssa ovalis, Nyssa ovata, Nyssa racemosa, Nyssa snowiana, Nyssa solea, Nyssa sylvatica, Nyssa uniflora, Nyssa vetusta, Nyssa wilcoxiana
Type specimen: U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. holotype no. 2315; paratypes nos. 2316, 2322; U.S..
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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