Willungia oppositifolia Hill and Pole 1992 (podocarp)

Gymnospermae - Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Full reference: R. S. Hill and M. S. Pole. 1992. Leaf and Shoot Morphology of Extant Afrocarpus, Nageia and Retrophyllum (Podocarpaceae) Species, and Species with Similar Leaf Arrangement, from Tertiary Sediments in Australasia. Australian Systematic Botany 5(3):337-358

Belongs to Willungia according to R. S. Hill and M. S. Pole 1992

Sister taxon: Willungia maslinensis

Type specimen: Holotype: LRR2-1309, stored in the Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania., a leaf (Cuticle). Its type locality is Little Rapid River 2, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in Australia.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Eocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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