Pseudosalix

Extinct genus of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pseudosalix is an extinct genus of flowering plants placed in the family Salicaceae, a possible sister to the tribe Saliceae. The genus has one described species, Pseudosalix handleyi[1] and is known from undescribed fossils as well.[2]

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Pseudosalix
Temporal range: Eocene
flower, USNM P36857
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Salicaceae
Genus: Pseudosalix
Boucher, Manchester, & Judd
Species:
P. handleyi
Binomial name
Pseudosalix handleyi
Boucher, Manchester, & Judd
Synonyms
  • Antholithes polemonioides R.W. Brown, 1929
  • Antholithes sp. 6 R.W. Brown, 1934
  • Potentilla? byrami Cockerell, 1925
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