Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Hickey 1977
Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, Dendrium, Dermatophyllites, Epacridiphyllum, Epacriphyllum, Epacris, Ericiphyllum, Ericipites, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmiophyllum, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Monotoca, Needhamiella, Orphanidesites, Pieris, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma, Xylococcus
Subtaxa: Kalmia augustifolia Kalmia brittoniana Kalmia elliptica Kalmia latifolia
Type: Kalmia latifolia
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: North Dakota)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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