Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Synonym: Tetranthera Jacques 1797
Parent taxon: Lauraceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Berry 1914 and Knowlton 1899
Sister taxa: Actinodaphne, Alseodaphne, Bandulskaia, Beilschmiedia, Benzoin, Cinnamomum, Crowella, Cryptocarya, Cryptocaryoides, Daphnogene, Daphnophyllum, Diemenia, Goeppertia, Lauraceaephyllum, Lauraceophylloderma, Lauranthus, Laurinastrum, Laurinoxylon, Laurocalyx, Laurocarpum, Laurophyllites, Laurophyllum, Laurus, Lindera, Litsaeophyllum, Litsea, Litseaphyllum, Litseopsis, Machilus, Machilusoxylon, Marmarthia, Mauldinia, Mespilodaphne, Mezilaurinoxylon, Michilus, Nectandra, Nectandrophyllum, Neocinnamomum, Neolitsea, Nothaphoebe, Ocotea, Ocoteoxylon, Oreodaphne, Persea, Perseanthus, Perseoxylon, Persites, Phoebe, Piliparicutis, Potomacanthus, Potoxylon, Protoravensara, Sassafras, Sassafrophyllum, Trianthera, Ulminium, Umbellularia, Williamodendron
Subtaxa: Malapoenna carbonensis Malapoenna cottondalensis Malapoenna cretacea Malapoenna cuneata Malapoenna falcifolia Malapoenna horrellensis Malapoenna lamarensis Malapoenna praecursoria Malapoenna sessiliflora Malapoenna weediana
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Georgia, Wyoming collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Georgia, Wyoming)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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