Florissantia

Florissantia

Taxobox



image_caption = "Florissantia" sp. flower
fossil_range = Eocene to Oligocene
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Malvaceae
genus = "Florissantia"
genus_authority = Manchester
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Florissantia ashwillii"
"Florissantia quilchenensis"
"Florissantia speirii"
synonyms ="Porana speirii" Lesquereux
"Holmskioldia speirii" MacGinitie

"Florissantia" is an Eocene to Oligocene fossil flowering plant of western North America known from compression fossils in several localities, including fossil beds in British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon, and Colorado.cite journal|last = Manchester|first = S. R.|title = Flowers, fruits and pollen of "Florissantia", an extinct malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America|journal = American Journal of Botany|date=1992|volume = 79(9)|pages = 996–1008|accessdate=2008-06-26] The plant is known from fossils of its flowers, fruits, and pollen.

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