Florissantia (Malvaceae)

Florissantia quilchenensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Sterculioideae
Genus: †Florissantia
Species: †F. ashwillii – †F. physalis – †F. quilchenensis – †F. speirii

Name

Florissantia Knowlt., 1916: 270

• Type species: Florissantia physalis Knowlton, 1916

References

Primary references

• Knowlton, F.H. 1916. A review of the fossil plants in the United States National Museum from the Florissant lake beds at Florissant, Colo., with descriptions of new species and list of type specimens. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 51: 241–297. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Manchester, S.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. DOI: 10.2307/2444909, JSTOR Reference page. 

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