Ⅰ.ForewordGenus Phoenicopsis one of the commongenera from Mesozoic floras in Eurasia.Based onthe external characters of leaves and dwarf shoot,it was established as a form-genus by Heer andclassified to the Taxineae of Coniferae(Heer,1876,p.48),with P.angustifolia Heer as type-species which was collected from the Middle Ju-rassic Prisajan Formation of the Irkutsk basin,Siberia,USSR for the first time.During the sameperiod,Heer also created P.speciosa Heer and P.latior Heer from the Amur River valley(1876,pp.112—113).Later,Nathorst(1897)describedP.speciosa from Spitsburgen,Krasser(1900,1905)established P.taschkessiensis Krasser,P.potoniiKrass.and p.media Krass.from Centre Asia anddescribed some Phoenicopsis from Jilin,China;Kryshtofovich(1910,1924)reported P.speciosa

Ⅰ.ForewordGenus Phoenicopsis one of the commongenera from Mesozoic floras in Eurasia.Based onthe external characters of leaves and dwarf shoot,it was established as a form-genus by Heer andclassified to the Taxineae of Coniferae(Heer,1876,p.48),with P.angustifolia Heer as type-species which was collected from the Middle Ju-rassic Prisajan Formation of the Irkutsk basin,Siberia,USSR for the first time.During the sameperiod,Heer also created P.speciosa Heer and P.latior Heer from the Amur River valley(1876,pp.112—113).Later,Nathorst(1897)describedP.speciosa from Spitsburgen,Krasser(1900,1905)established P.taschkessiensis Krasser,P.potoniiKrass.and p.media Krass.from Centre Asia anddescribed some Phoenicopsis from Jilin,China;Kryshtofovich(1910,1924)reported P.speciosa

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