Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Knowlton 1899 and Mabberley 2000
Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, Dendrium, Dermatophyllites, Epacridiphyllum, Epacriphyllum, Epacris, Ericiphyllum, Ericipites, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia, Kalmiophyllum, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Monotoca, Needhamiella, Orphanidesites, Pieris, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma, Xylococcus
Subtaxa: Arctostaphylos elliptica Arctostaphylos manzanita Arctostaphylos mohavensis Arctostaphylos verdiana
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California, Washington collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Nevada)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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