Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Full reference: T. Denk and R. Dillhoff. 2005. Ulmus leaves and fruits from the Early-Middle Eocene of northwestern North America: systematics and implications for character evolution within Ulmaceae. Canadian Journal of Botany 83(12):1663-1681
Belongs to Ulmus according to T. Denk and R. Dillhoff 2005
Sister taxa: Ulmus affinis, Ulmus alata, Ulmus americana, Ulmus antecedens, Ulmus basicordata, Ulmus betuloides, Ulmus braunii, Ulmus brownellii, Ulmus californica, Ulmus campestris, Ulmus chuchuanus, Ulmus columbiana, Ulmus columbianus, Ulmus dubia, Ulmus fernquisti, Ulmus grandifolia, Ulmus hilliae, Ulmus macrocarpa, Ulmus maguanensis, Ulmus minima, Ulmus newberryi, Ulmus orbicularis, Ulmus parvifolia, Ulmus planeroides, Ulmus plurinervia, Ulmus praecursor, Ulmus prelanceaefolia, Ulmus protoamericana, Ulmus protoracemosa, Ulmus pseudoracemosa, Ulmus pumila, Ulmus quercifolia, Ulmus racemosa, Ulmus rhamnifolia, Ulmus sorbifolia, Ulmus speciosa, Ulmus tenuinervis, Ulmus wallichiana, Ulmus wardii
Type specimen: UWBM 97766, a multi organs (Leaves, twigs, flowers, fruits). Its type locality is McAbee (UWBM coll), which is in a Ypresian lacustrine - large mudstone in Canada.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (6: British Columbia collections), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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