Family Sterculiaceae Ventenat 1807

Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae

Parent taxon: Malvales according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Chandler 1961, Hickey 1977 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Argyrodendron, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Buettneriaceae, Cistaceae, Crototricolpites, Cytinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Echiperiporites, Lakiapollis, Malvaceae, Muntingiaceae, Neuradaceae, Sarcolaenaceae, Sphaerosepalaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Tiliaceae

Subtaxa: Brachychiton Byttneriophyllum Commersonia Dombeya Dombeyoxylon Firmianites Fremontia Heritiera Penosphyllum Pterospermites Pterospermoxylon Pterospermum Reevesia Sezannella Sphinxia Sterculinium Sterculiocarpus Sterculioxylon Sterculioxylon Sterculiphyllum Tarrietioxylon Triplochitioxylon

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (11 collections)

• Pliocene of India (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of India (1)

• Neogene of India (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), China (4), Germany (3), India (4), Kenya (2), New Zealand (2), Western Sahara (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Canada (1: British Columbia), the United Kingdom (1), United States (57: Colorado, North Dakota, Wyoming, Wyoming )

• Paleogene of India (4)

• Paleocene of China (1), United States (20: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of United States (6: North Dakota)

Total: 131 collections including 137 occurrences

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