†Florissantia ashwillii 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 physalis, Florissantia quilchenensis, Florissantia speirii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sheep Rock Creek Locality, which is in an Eocene terrestrial conglomerate/sandstone in the Clarno Formation of Oregon
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Sheep Rock Creek Locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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