Craigia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Tilioideae
Genus: Craigia
Species: C. kwangsiensis – C. yunnanensis – †C. lincangensis
Name

Craigia W.W.Sm. & W.E.Evans (1921)

Type species: Craigia yunnanensis W.W.Sm. & W.E.Evans

References

Smith, W.W. & Evans, W.E. 1921. Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin. 28: 69.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Craigia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 13. Reference page.

Craigia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae.

These are deciduous trees with toothed leaves, bisexual flowers that lack petals, and winged capsules.[1]

There are two extant species and three extinct species known from fossils. Though the genus was once widespread across the Northern Hemisphere, the extant species are limited to southern China and Vietnam.[1] The oldest species are known from the Paleocene of Sakhalin.[2]

Species:

†Craigia bronnii
†Craigia hainanensis
Craigia kwangsiensis
†Craigia oregonensis
Craigia yunnanensis

References

Craigia. Flora of China.
Jin, J., Kodrul, T. M., Liao, W., & Wang, X. (2009). A new species of Craigia from the Eocene Changchang Formation of Hainan Island, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 155(1), 80-82.