Florissantia (plant)

This article is about the fossil malvalian plant genus. For the fossil planthopper, see Florissantia (planthopper).

Florissantia
Temporal range: Eocene-Oligocene
Florissantia quilchenensis
Klondike Mountain Formation
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Sterculioideae
Genus: โ€ Florissantia
(Knowlton) Manchester
Species
  • F. ashwillii
  • F. quilchenensis
  • F. sikhote-alinensis
  • F. speirii
Synonyms[1][2]
F. ashwillii synonymy
  • Viburnum palmatum
    Chaney & Sanborn, 1933 (pro part)
F. quilchenensis synonymy
  • Holmskioldia quilchenensis
    Mathewes & Brooke, 1971
F. sikhote-alinensis synonymy
  • Porana sikhote-alinensis
    Kryshtofovich, 1921
F. speirii synonymy
  • Florissantia physalis
    Knowlton, 1916
  • Porana similis
    Knowlton, 1916
  • Porana speirii
    Lesquereux, 1883
  • Holmskioldia speirii
    MacGinitie, 1953

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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