Ternstroemites
Extinct tea genus
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Pentaphylacaceae |
| Genus: | †Ternstroemites E.W.Berry, 1916 |
Species
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
