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Asclepiadites laterita

Angiospermae - Gentianales - Apocynaceae

Taxonomy
Asclepiadites laterita was named by MacGinitie (1941). It is not extant. Its type specimen is U.C. Mus. Pal. Paleobot. Ser. holotype no. 2330. Its type locality is UCMP loc. P3345, Chalk Bluff, which is in an Eocene floodplain claystone in California. It is the type species of Asclepiadites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Asclepiadites laterita MacGinitie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
RankNameAuthor
—Asterids
—Euasterids
—Lamiids
orderGentianales
familyApocynaceaede Jussieu 1789
genusAsclepiaditesMacGinitie 1941
specieslaterita

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.

†Asclepiadites laterita MacGinitie 1941
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Diagnosis
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