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Cinnamomum sp.

genus Cinnamomum Spreng. (1817)

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (99.7 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Plantae, Angiosperms, order Laurales, family Lauraceae

• Distribution
• Eocene: Yamaguchi
• Oligocene: Nagano
• Miocene: Akita, Miyagi, Niigata, Hyogo, Hiroshima, Kagawa
• Pleistocene: Aichi
• Investigation in progress: Mie, Oita

• Subtaxa
• C. camphora, Camphor tree
• C. daphnoides
• C. lanceolatum
• C. miocenum
• C. yabunikkei, Japanese cinnamon