Draft:Ternstroemites

Ternstroemites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Theaceae
Genus:	†Ternstroemites

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Instructions · What links here · Ternstroemites (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 8 days ago by Лисан аль-Гаиб (talk: D · +) · Last edited 7 days ago by Kevmin

Submission declined on 27 August 2025 by KylieTastic (talk).

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Declined by KylieTastic 2 months ago. Last edited by Kevmin 7 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Additional references are included in the Taxonbar at the bottom of the article. Лисан аль-Гаиб (talk) 02:48, 10 September 2025 (UTC)
Comment: not ready, IFPNI shows upwards of 35 species, and this being a form genus for Theaceae-LIKE leaves. Kev min § 14:25, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Ternstroemites is an extinct tea relative from the Ravenian (late Eocene).^[1]^[2]^[3] The fossil was found near Puryear, Henry County, Tennessee.^[4]

References

^ 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.
^ Ternstroemites E. W. Berry, Profess. Pap. U. S. Geol. Surv. 91: 294. 1916.
^ 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.
^ "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

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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

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