Ternstroemites

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

Last updated December 02, 2025

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

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

↑ 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
↑ "Ternstroemites". The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2025-12-01.

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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

[ifpni-5] "Ternstroemites". The International Fossil Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2025-12-01.

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