Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae
Full reference: G. J. Jordan, J. M. Bannister, D. C. Mildenhall, R. Zetter, and D. E. Lee. 2010. Fossil Ericaceae from New Zealand: Deconstructing the Use of Fossil Evidence in Historical Biogeography. American Journal of Botany 97(1):59-70
Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to G. J. Jordan et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, 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: Cyathodophyllum novaezelandiae
Type: Cyathodophyllum novaezelandiae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine (Oligocene to Miocene of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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