flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the family
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...
''sensu lato'' or
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical record o ...
.
These are deciduous trees with toothed leaves, bisexual flowers that lack petals, and winged capsules.''Craigia''. Flora of China.
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
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
and
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. The oldest species are known from the
Paleocene
The Paleocene, ( ) or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 mya (unit), million years ago (mya). It is the first epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), E ...
Craigia bronnii
''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.Craigia hainanensis''
* '' Craigia kwangsiensis''
* †'' Craigia oregonensis''
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Craigia yunnanensis
''Craigia yunnanensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae ''sensu lato'' or Tiliaceae. It is found in China and Vietnam. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
Craigia, yunnanensis
Flora of China
Flora of Viet ...