Florissantia speirii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: †Florissantia
Species: Florissantia speirii

Name

Florissantia speirii (Lesquereux) Manchester 1992

Synonyms

Porana speirii Lesquereux, 1883
Porana similis Knowlton, 1916
Florissantia physalis Knowlton, 1916
Holmskioldia speirii (Lesquereux) MacGuinitie 1956

Type locality

Latest Eocene, Florissant, Colorado, USA

Type Material

Holotype: United States national Museum, Washington, District of Columbia, USA USNM387553

References

• Machester, Steven, R. (1992). Flowers, Fruit, and Pollen from Florissantia, an Extinct Malvalean Genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of Western North America. American Journal of Botany 79(9): 996-1008