Fagopsis

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Fagopsis
Temporal range: Ypresian
Fagopsis longifolia figured YPM-30121 img1.jpg
Fagopsis longifolia leaves with fruit
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Fagopsis
Hollick
Type species
Fagopsis lingifolia
(Lesquereux) Hollick

Fagopsis is an extinct genus of beech relative in the family Fagaceae. [1] [2] [3] The genus contains a two species, the type species being Fagopsis longifolia. The second includeded is Fagopsis undulata. [4]

References

  1. "Fagopsis longifolia Reconstruction - Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)". U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  2. "Fagopsis longifolia". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2025-08-21.
  3. Meyer, Herbert W.; Veatch, Steven W.; Cook, Amanda (2004-01-01), Nelson, Eric P.; Erslev, Eric A. (eds.), "Field guide to the paleontology and volcanic setting of the Florissant fossil beds, Colorado", Field Trips in the Southern Rocky Mountains, USA, vol. 5, Geological Society of America, p. 0, doi:10.1130/0-8137-0005-1.151, ISBN   978-0-8137-0005-2 , retrieved 2025-09-11
  4. Wolfe J. A. & Wehr W. C. 1987. Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington. United States Geological Survey Bulletin, 1597: 15.