Derivation of generic name. From Patagonia, where the fossils were discovered, and fls, Latin for flower.
Full reference: G. Nunes, I. H. Escapa, L. M. Sender, N. R. Cuneo, and A. M. Gandolfo. 2025. Blooming under the shadow of Patagotitan mayorum: Early Cretaceous tiny flowers from Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 1-32
Parent taxon: Angiospermae according to G. Nunes et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Aachenoxylon, Acer florigerum, Aceriphyllum, Achaenites, Actinidiophyllum, Aesculiphyllum, Afropollis, Amborellales, Ameghinoites, Ancoraecarpon, Anthites, Appomatoxia, Araliophyllum, Araliphyllum, Archaefructaceae, Aulacoxylon, Austrobaileyales, Berendtia, Bresciphyllum, Cantia, Carolites, Carpantholithes, Carpiniphyllum, Carpolithus, Cedrelospermites, Chondrophyton, Cinnamomiphyllum, Complexiopollis, Coronicutis, Corylocarpinus, Costicutis, Cucubalites, Dejaxpollenites, Dicotyledoneae, Dieune, Dodonaeaecarpum, Eorhiza, Ettingshausenia, Euanthus, Evodioxylon, Finiversicutis, Flabellicula, Globocarpon, Glossocarpellites, Hamamelidoxylon, Hesperidophyllum, Intuticutis, Involucrum, Jordania, Juglandiphyllum, Lagenella, Lagenoidea, Lamids, Lappacarpus, Lausaticutis, Leyrida, Limnophyllum, Magnoliids, Mastixiaceae, Mesangiosperms, Monocarpellites, Monocotyledoneae, Montsechia, Montsechites, Morophyllum, Mulleroxylon, Naiadaceae, Nymphaeales, Ochthodocaryon, Oculopollis, Ornoxylon, Palackya, Pandanophyllum, Papillopollis, Paraalnipollenites, Pataloxylon, Phyllodermium, Pilicoronicutis, Pilisolicutis, Plantaginopsis, Platycoila, Pleiacron, Plicapollis, Proteophyllum, Proteopsis, Protorchis, Pseudoplicapollis, Qingganninginfructus, Retimonocolpites, Rhamnophyllum, Rhoedales, Rhoophyllum, Riboidoxylon, Rohlfsia, Ronzocarpon, Rosenkrantzia, Rosids, Rottia, Sabulia, Sahnipushpam, Salicinoxylon, Salicites, Santalacites, Sassendorfites, Saxonicutis, Schafhautlia, Semioculopollis, Sendelia, Sezannia, Silicophyllum, Sjogrenia, Staphidoides, Statzia, Staubia, Stephanoxylon, Suevioxylon, Symphorocarpophyllum, Ternstroemioxylon, Tetracolpites, Tetrapollis, Tetraporopollenites, Thuringicutis, Triphyllum, Triplicarpus, Trudopollis, Tubericutis, Virgaticutis, Wessexia, Woburnia, Xulinosprionites, Yubaria
Subtaxa: Patagoflora minima
Type: Patagoflora minima
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at La Flecha Pb 2 (Cretaceous of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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