Xylocaryon

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Xylocaryon
File:EidotheafruitillustrationsbyMueller.jpg
Illustration of fruit
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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]

References

  1. 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.