Angiospermae - Malvales - Sterculiaceae
Parent taxon: Sterculiaceae according to S. R. Manchester 1992
See also Andrews 1970, Knowlton 1919 and Manchester 2001
Sister taxa: Brachychiton, Byttneriophyllum, Commersonia, Dombeya, Dombeyoxylon, Firmianites, Fremontia, Heritiera, Penosphyllum, Pterospermites, Pterospermoxylon, Pterospermum, Reevesia, Sezannella, Sphinxia, Sterculinium, Sterculiocarpus, Sterculioxylon, Sterculioxylon, Sterculiphyllum, Tarrietioxylon, Triplochitioxylon
Subtaxa: Florissantia ashwillii Florissantia physalis Florissantia quilchenensis Florissantia speirii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (8: Oregon collections)
• Eocene of Canada (3: British Columbia), United States (3: Colorado, Oregon)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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