Iteaceae
| Iteaceae Temporal range:
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| Itea virginica flowers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Iteaceae J.Agardh[1] |
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Iteaceae is a flowering plant family of trees and shrubs native to the eastern
Grossulariaceae. The APG III system of 2009 includes the former Pterostemonaceae in Iteaceae.[1] Consequently, it now has two genera with a total of 18 known species.[2]
Fossil record
The family is known from fossil flowers dating to the
Washington.[3]
Some seeds and one fruit of †Itea europea were found in two samples of muddy sediment from the
Fossil pollen of Itea has been detected in a short section of the Sarzana Basin in north-western part of central Italy tentatively assigned to the Miocene-Pliocene transition. In this site a high pollen percentages of 12% suggest that Itea was an important element in the local vegetation. The nearest living relative of †Itea europaea is the American species Itea virginica.[4]
References
- ^ hdl:10654/18083. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- .
- PMID 21659237.
- thermophilousplants in the late Cenozoic, Edoardo Martinetto, Acta Palaeobotan. 41(2): 299-319, 2001
External links
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- Iteaceae in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards).