†Dodonaea californica Axelrod 1939 (soapberry)
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Angiospermae - Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Full reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1939. A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516:1-129
Belongs to Dodonaea according to D. I. Axelrod 1939
Sister taxa: Dodonaea knowltoni, Dodonaea viscosa, Dodonaea viscosoides, Dodonaea wilcoxiana
Type specimen: UCMP 1490, 1491, 1492, 1493. Its type locality is Cache Peak (P-3643), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Bopesta Formation of California.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Cache Peak (P-3643)
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