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Myricaceae
Comptonia

not marked as a favorite taxon Comptonia L'Héritier ex Aiton. Common name: Sweet-fern.

A monotypic genus, a shrub, of e. North America, known as fossils from a much broader area.

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References: Bornstein (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Herbert (2005); Kubitzki (1993a) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Comptonia© Scott Ward | Comptonia peregrina | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Comptonia© Scott Ward | Comptonia peregrina | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Comptonia© Erik Danielson | Comptonia peregrina source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Comptonia© Gary P. Fleming | Comptonia peregrina | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Comptonia© Bruce A. Sorrie | Comptonia peregrina | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Comptonia© Alan Cressler: Comptonia peregrina, Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Comptonia peregrina source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Comptonia© Erik Danielson | Comptonia peregrina source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Comptonia© Erik Danielson | Comptonia peregrina source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Comptonia© Erik Danielson | Comptonia peregrina source | Original Image ⭷

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