Gordonia Ellis 1771 (tea)
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Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Theaceae
Parent taxon: Theaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991
See also Chandler 1962, Chandler 1963 and MacGinitie 1941
Sister taxa: Actinidia, Camelliacarpoidea, Eurya, Hordwellia, Paraternstroemia, Schimoxylon, Taonabeae, Ternstroemia, Tetrameristoxylon, Theeae
Subtaxa: Gordonia egregia Gordonia truncata
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: Massachusetts, Vermont)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2), United States (9: California)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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