Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae
Synonym: Cyperites Heer 1855
Parent taxon: Cyperaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970, Hickey 1977, Knowlton 1899, Liu et al. 1996 and Thomasson 1976
Sister taxa: Carex, Caricoideae, Cladiocarya, Cladium, Cyperaceoxylon, Cyperocarpus, Cyperus, Eleocharis, Gahnia, Liaoxia, Machaerina, Polycarpella, Schoenoplectus, Scirpitis, Scirpoideae, Scirpus, Scirpusoxylon, Scleriocarya, Volkeria
Subtaxa: Cyperacites angustior Cyperacites borealis Cyperacites canaliculatus Cyperacites dubius Cyperacites giganteus Cyperacites haydenii Cyperacites paucinervis Cyperacites potomacensis Cyperacites richardsii Cyperites angustior
Type: Cyperites dubius
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection)
• Pliocene of China (1), United States (1: Kansas)
• Miocene of China (4)
• Oligocene to Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), United States (5: Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
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