Oemleria

Oemleria
Temporal range: Eocene - recent[1]
Oemleria cerasiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Exochordeae
Genus: Oemleria
Reichenb.
Species[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Nuttallia Torr. & A.Gray ex Hook. & Arn.
  • Osmaronia Greene

Oemleria is a small genus in the rose family native to the Pacific coast areas of North America. It includes one living species, Oemleria cerasiformis and one species described from Washington state fossils, Oemleria janhartfordae.[2]

Oemleria forms the monophyletic tribe Exochordeae with the genera Exchorda and Prinsepia, which is placed in the subfamily Amygdaloideae.

  1. ^ "Rosales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  2. ^ a b Benedict, John C.; DeVore, Melanie L.; Pigg, Kathleen B. (May 2011). "Prunus and Oemleria (Rosaceae) Flowers from the Late Early Eocene Republic Flora of Northeastern Washington State, U.S.A." International Journal of Plant Sciences. 172 (7): 948–958. doi:10.1086/660880. ISSN 1058-5893.
  3. ^ "Oemleria Rchb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 November 2024.