Xylocaryon
Xylocaryon is an extinct genus of plants 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]
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| Illustration of fruit | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | †Xylocaryon F.Muell. |
| Species: | †X. lockii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xylocaryon lockii F.Muell. | |
References
- Rozefelds, Andrew C.; Dettmann, Mary E.; Clifford, H. Trevor. "Xylocaron lockii F.Muell. (Proteaceae) fruits from the Cenozoic of south eastern Australia". Kanunnah. 1: 91–102.
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