Angiospermae - Fagales - Myricaceae
Alternative spelling: Myrica (Comptonia)
Synonym: Comptoniphyllum Nathorst 1888
Full reference: C.-L. L'Héritier de Brutelle. 1789. Sertum anglicum, seu plantane rariores quae in hortis juxta Londinum imprimis in horto regio Kewensi, excoluntur, ab anno 1786 ad annum 1787 observatae. P.-F. Didot, Paris
Parent taxon: Myricaceae according to X.-Q. Liang et al. 2010
See also Andrews 1970, Knowlton 1919, L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789 and Liu et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Distichostrobus, Morella, Myrica, Myricaceoipollenites, Myricaephyllum, Myricanthium, Myriciphyllum, Myricipites, Myricoxylon, Pelticutis, Strobilanthus
Subtaxa: Comptonia acutiloba Comptonia columbiana Comptonia cuspidata Comptonia diforme Comptonia dryandroides Comptonia microphylla Comptonia naumannii Comptonia partita Comptonia predryandroides Comptonia quilchenensis Comptonia tymensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (3 collections), Germany (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)
• Neogene of China (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Denmark (5), Germany (4), Switzerland (4), United States (3: Massachusetts, Nevada)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), China (1), Germany (16), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Canada (4: British Columbia), China (3), France (1), Germany (1), United States (5: Idaho, Washington)
Total: 56 collections including 59 occurrences
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