Xylocaryon
Xylocaryon | |
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Illustration of fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | †Xylocaryon F.Muell. |
Species: | †X. lockii |
Binomial name | |
†Xylocaryona lockii F.Muell. | |
Xylocaryon is an extinct plant genus in the family Proteaceae. The sole species is Xylocaryon lockii from south-eastern Australia, described from fossilised fruits found at Nintingbool near Ballarat, Victoria and Flinders Island in Tasmania. The fruit structure suggests a close relationship with the extant genus Eidothea.[1]
References
- ↑ Rozefelds, Andrew C.; Dettmann, Mary E.; Clifford, H.Trevor. "Xylocaron lockii F.Muell. (Proteaceae) fruits from the Cenozoic of south eastern Australia". academia.edu.
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