Hypericum holyi
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Extinct species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Hypericaceae |
Genus: | Hypericum |
Species: | †H. holyi
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Binomial name | |
†Hypericum holyi Friis
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Hypericum holyi is an extinct species of the genus Hypericum that was present from the Lower Miocene to the Upper Miocene.[1] Fossil seeds of the species have been found in Central Europe in general and Central Jutland, Denmark, in particular.[2]
Taxonomy
While Hypericum holyi has sufficient identifying characteristics to place it within the genus Hypericum, there is not enough surviving detail to assign it to any subdivisions within the genus.[3]
References
- ISSN 1988-3196.
- ^ Friis, Elise Marie (1985). "Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark)" (PDF). The Royal Danish Society of Sciences. 24.
- PMID 25398444.
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