Calycites

Calycites Temporal range: Cretaceous–Paleogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Calycites ardtunensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Order:	incertae sedis
Genus:	† Calycites A. Massalongo, 1850
Species
see text

Calycites is an extinct form genus of flowering plant used as a dustbin for fossil flowers of uncertain relationship.

Species

The following species are assigned to this genus: ^{[1] [2]}

• Calycites alatusHollick, 1904
• Calycites ardtunensisCrane, 1988 ^{[3] [4]}
• Calycites davillaformisE.W.Berry, 1916
• Calycites diospyriformisNewberry, 1895
• Calycites hydrangeoidesKrassilov, 2005
• Calycites lythroidesKrassilov, 2005 (junior homonym)
• Calycites lythroidesVisiani & Massalongo, 1856 (Sr homonym)
• Calycites middendorfensisE.W.Berry, 1914
• Calycites obovatusHollick, 1906
• Calycites ostryaformisE.W.Berry, 1916
• Calycites parvusNewberry, 1895
• Calycites pentasepalusMassalongo, 1850
• Calycites polysepalaNewberry, 1868
• Calycites puryearensisE.W.Berry, 1930
• Calycites quinquesepalusMenzel, 1913
• Calycites rhizophoroidesE.W.Berry, 1930
• Calycites ripleyensisE.W.Berry, 1925
• Calycites sexpartitusE.W.Berry, 1919
• Calycites verbenaceusMenzel, 1913

Species moved to other genera:

• Calycites hexaphyllaLesq., 1873 moved to Diospyros hexaphylla (Lesq.) Knowlt., 1920 ^[5]
• Calycites mikanoidesMacGinitie, 1941 moved to Macginistemon mikanoides (MacGinitie) Manchester, 1986 ^[6]
• Calycites milanensisE.W.Berry, 1930 jr synonym to Heisteria sapindifolium (Hollick) Berry, 1938 ^[5]

References

1. "Calycites Massalongo, 1850". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 10 December 2025.
2. "Calycites". International Fossil Plants Name Index. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
3. Crane, P.R. (1988). "Abelia-like fruits from the Palaeogene of Scotland and North America". Tertiary Research. 9: 21–39. ISSN   0308-9649.
4. "Calycites ardtunensis". International Fossil Plants Name Index. Retrieved 2025-11-01.
5. LaMotte, R.S. (1952). Catalogue of the Cenozoic plants of North America through 1950. Geological Society of America Memoirs. Vol. 51. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM51.
6. Manchester, S. R. (1986). "Vegetative and reproductive morphology of an extinct plane tree (Platanaceae) from the Eocene of western North America". Botanical Gazette. 147 (2): 200–226. doi:10.1086/337587. S2CID   83715341.