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Meliosma truncata

Angiospermae - Proteales - Sabiaceae

Taxonomy
Meliosma truncata was named by MacGinitie (1941). Its type specimen is U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. holotype no. 2296. Its type locality is UCMP loc. PA971, Independence Hill, which is in an Eocene floodplain shale in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. lincangensis, M. myriantha, M. oldhami, M. predentata, M. shanwangensis, M. tenuis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Meliosma truncata MacGinitie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familySabiaceaevon Blume 1851
genusMeliosmaBlume 1823
speciestruncata

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.

†Meliosma truncata MacGinitie 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available