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Calyptranthes myrtifolia

Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae

Taxonomy
Calyptranthes myrtifolia was named by MacGinitie (1941). Its type specimen is U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. holotype no. 2314. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3320, Buckeye Flat, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. domingensis, C. marahiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Calyptranthes myrtifolia MacGinitie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
classDicotyledoneae
RankNameAuthor
orderMyrtalesJussieu 1820
familyMyrtaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusCalyptranthesSwartz 1788
speciesmyrtifolia

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.

†Calyptranthes myrtifolia MacGinitie 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available