Planera Gmelin 1791 (water elm)

Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae

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

See also Knowlton 1899, Liu et al. 1996 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Cedrelospermum, Celtidophyllum, Celtipollenites, Celtis, Celtoidanthus, Chaetoptelea, Hemiptelea, Holoptelea, Holopteleoxylon, Momisia, Pteroceltis, Tremophyllum, Ulmaceaepites, Ulmacites, Ulmites, Ulmophyllum, Ulmoxylon, Ulmus, Ulmuxylon, Zelkova

Subtaxa: Planera aquatica Planera betuloides Planera crenata Planera cretacea Planera knowltoniana Planera lingualis Planera myricaefolia Planera nervosa Planera ungeri Planera variabilis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Virginia collection)

• Eocene of United States (3: Alaska, Missouri, Virginia)

• Paleocene of United States (1: South Dakota)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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