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Florissantia (plant)
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This article is about the fossil malvalian plant genus. For the fossil planthopper, see Florissantia (planthopper).
Florissantia is an extinct genus of flowering plants in the Malvaceae subfamily Sterculioideae known from western North America and far eastern Asia. Flower, fruit, and pollen compression fossils have been found in formations ranging from the Early Eocene through to the Early Oligocene periods. The type species is Florissantia speirii and three additional species are known, Florissantia ashwillii, Florissantia quilchenensis, and Florissantia sikhote-alinensis.
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Florissantia quilchenensis Klondike Mountain Formation | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Subfamily: | Sterculioideae |
Genus: | †Florissantia (Knowlton) Manchester |
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F. ashwillii synonymy
F. quilchenensis synonymy
F. sikhote-alinensis synonymy
F. speirii synonymy
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