Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Parent taxon: Myrtaceae according to Engelhardt 1891
Sister taxa: Acmena, Agonis, Aldwickia, Austromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemonites, Callistemonoxylon, Callistemophyllum, Calyptranthes, Calytrix, Corymbia, Eucalyptophyllum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Eugeniaites, Leptospermatoxylon, Leptospermites, Leptospermocarpum, Leptospermum, Lithomyrtus, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Myrceugenellites, Myrceugenia, Myrcia, Myrtaciphyllum, Myrtifolium, Myrtinae, Myrtiphyllum, Myrtoidoxylon, Myrtomiophyton, Myrtonium, Myrtophyllum, Myrtospermum, Myrtoxylon, Myrtus, Palaeorhodomyrtus, Psidium, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syncarpites, Syzygioxylon, Syzygium, Tristania, Tristaniandra, Tristanites
Subtaxa: Myrciophyllum ambiguaeoides Myrciophyllum santacruzensis Myrciophyllum tucumanensis
Type: Myrciophyllum ambiguaeoides
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (4 collections)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 5 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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