†Florissantia quilchenensis Manchester 1992 (nightshade)
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Angiospermae - Solanales - Solanaceae
Full reference: S. R. Manchester. 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
Belongs to Florissantia according to S. R. Manchester 1992
Sister taxa: Florissantia ashwillii, Florissantia physalis, Florissantia speirii
Type specimen: Holmskioldia quilchenensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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