Eucommia eocenica

Eucommia eocenica
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Leguminosites copaiferanus holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Garryales
Family: Eucommiaceae
Genus: Eucommia
Species:
E. eocenica
Binomial name
Eucommia eocenica
Synonyms
  • Carpolithus banisteroides
  • Leguminosites copaiferanus?
  • Simaroubites eocenica

Eucommia eocenica is an extinct species of flowering plant in the family Eucommiaceae. E. eocenica is known from fossil fruits found in the middle Eocene Claiborne Formation deposits of the southeastern United States. E. eocenica is one of five described fossil species from North America assigned to the modern genus Eucommia. The other species are E. constans, E. jeffersonensis, E. montana, and E. rowlandii.[1]

  1. ^ Call, V.B.; Dilcher, D.L. (1997). "The fossil record of Eucommia (Eucommiaceae) in North America". American Journal of Botany. 84 (6): 798โ€“814. doi:10.2307/2445816. JSTOR 2445816. PMID 21708632. S2CID 20464075.