Calluna Salisbury 1802 (heather)

Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae

Full reference: R. A. Salisbury. 1802. Species of Erica. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 6:316-388

Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to R. A. Salisbury 1802

Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, 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: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Fortuna - Garsdorf 7534 (Pliocene of Germany)

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