Florissantia speirii

Taxonavigation Edit

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: Florissantia speirii

Name Edit

Florissantia speirii (Lesquereux) Machester 1992

Synonyms Edit

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

Type locality Edit

Latest Eocene, Florissant, Colorado, USA

Type Material Edit

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

References Edit

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