Ternstroemites

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Ternstroemites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Pentaphylacaceae
Genus: †Ternstroemites
E.W.Berry, 1916

Ternstroemites is an extinct tea relative from the Ravenian (late Eocene).[1][2][3] The fossil was found near Puryear, Henry County, Tennessee.[4] Ternstroemites is a form genus for Theaceae-like leaves.[citation needed]

Species

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The following species have been described.[5]

  • Ternstroemites aureavallis
  • Ternstroemites bockwitzensis
  • Ternstroemites claibornensis
  • Ternstroemites crassus
  • Ternstroemites cretaceus
  • Ternstroemites crowleyensis
  • Ternstroemites dentatus
  • Ternstroemites diversifolius
  • Ternstroemites egeriae
  • Ternstroemites engelhardtii
  • Ternstroemites eoligniticus
  • Ternstroemites floersheimensis
  • Ternstroemites harwoodensis
  • Ternstroemites idahoensis
  • Ternstroemites kamtschaticus
  • Ternstroemites klettwitzensis
  • Ternstroemites lanceolatus
  • Ternstroemites longifolius
  • Ternstroemites magdae
  • Ternstroemites neueweltensis
  • Ternstroemites ovatus
  • Ternstroemites palibinii
  • Ternstroemites pereger
  • Ternstroemites preclaibornensis
  • Ternstroemites ravenensis
  • Ternstroemites ripleyensis
  • Ternstroemites shapiroi
  • Ternstroemites sokolovensis
  • Ternstroemites stiriacus
  • Ternstroemites texensis
  • Ternstroemites variabilis
  • Ternstroemites viridiflumensis
  • Ternstroemites waltheri
  • Ternstroemites woodbinensis

References

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  1. ^ Wolfe, Jack A. (1968). "Paleogene biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington". U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 571: 19. Bibcode:1968usgs.rept...19W. doi:10.3133/pp571. ISSN 2330-7102.
  2. ^ Ternstroemites E. W. Berry, Profess. Pap. U. S. Geol. Surv. 91: 294. 1916.
  3. ^ Berry, E. W. (1916). The lower Eocene floras of southeastern North America (Report). Professional Paper. U.S. Geological Survey. p. 294. doi:10.3133/pp91.
  4. ^ "Ternstroemites". Index Nominum Genericorum (ING). Retrieved 2025-10-27. Ternstroemites E. W. Berry, Profess. Pap. U. S. Geol. Surv. 91: 294. 1916. LT.: T. eoligniticus E. W. Berry (vide F. H. Knowlton, Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. 696: 620. Jan 1920) Leaves; Lower Eocene; Puryear, Henry county, Tennessee, USA. FOSSIL-MAGNOLIOPHYTA-TERNSTROEMIACEAE (57/104) 16 Nov 2017
  5. ^ "Ternstroemites". The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
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