Biology:Florissantia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants (fossil)
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Scientific classification 
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Porana speirii Lesquereux |
Florissantia is an extinct species of flowering plants from prehistoric western North America, from the Eocene to Oligocene Periods of the (56 to 23 million years ago)
Fossils
The plant is known from compression fossils of its flowers, fruits, and pollen.
Fossilized remains have been found in several localities, including fossil beds in British Columbia, Washington (state) , Oregon, and Colorado.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Manchester, S. R. (1992). "Flowers, fruits and pollen of 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5461909 entry
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