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Neolitsea lata

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Taxonomy
Neolitsea lata was named by MacGinitie (1941). Its type specimen is U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. cotypes nos. 2208, 2209. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. protoaciculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Neolitsea lata MacGinitie p. 118 figs. Plate 20, figures 2, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—Magnoliid
RankNameAuthor
orderLauralesJussieu 1820
familyLauraceaeJussieu 1789
genusNeolitseaMerrill 1906
specieslata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Neolitsea lata MacGinitie 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available