Ericipites Wodehouse 1933 (heather)

Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae

Parent taxon: Ericaceae according to F. De Benedetti et al. 2023

See also Huang et al. 2023, Perez Loinaze et al. 2023, Povilauskas 2013, Vallati et al. 2020 and Vera et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Agaurioxylon, Andromeda, Andromedeae, Andromedites, Arbutites, Arbutus, Arctostaphyloides, Arctostaphylos, Brachyloma, Calluna, Cosmelieae, Cyathodes, Cyathodophyllum, Dendrium, Dermatophyllites, Epacridiphyllum, Epacriphyllum, Epacris, Ericiphyllum, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia, Kalmiophyllum, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Monotoca, Orphanidesites, Pieris, Rhododendron, Richea, Richeaphyllum, Trochocarpa, Weylandicutis, Xolisma

Subtaxa: Ericipites annulatus Ericipites crassiexinus Ericipites microtectanum Ericipites sahnii Ericipites scabratus Ericipites verrucatus

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Type: Ericipites annulatus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Atlantic (2)

• Miocene of Australia (6), India (1), New Zealand (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Australia (6), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (6), Australia (1), Colombia (2), Germany (1), Myanmar (8), United States (5: Louisiana, Missouri)

• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (6), Australia (2), Venezuela (2)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (9), Canada (1: Alberta), United States (1: North Dakota)

Total: 66 collections including 77 occurrences

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