Florissantia speirii

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: Florissantia speirii

Name

Florissantia speirii (Lesquereux) Manchester 1992

• Type locality: Latest Eocene, Florissant, Colorado, USA
• Holotype: United States national Museum, Washington, District of Columbia, USA USNM387553

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Porana speirii Lesquereux, 1883
• Homotypic
  • Holmskioldia speirii (Lesquereux) MacGinitie 1956
• Heterotypic
  • Florissantia physalis Knowlt., 1916
  • Porana similis Knowlt., 1916

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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