†Rhodomyrtus australis Hill and Merrifield 1993 (myrtle)
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Dicotyledoneae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Full reference: R. S. Hill and H. E. Merrifield. 1993. An Early Tertiary macroflora from West Dale, southwestern Australia. Alcheringa 17(4):285-326
Belongs to Rhodomyrtus according to R. S. Hill and H. E. Merrifield 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Holotype: WAM P.88.86A, stored in the Western Australian Museum., a leaf. Its type locality is West Dale, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene channel lag siltstone/sandstone in Australia.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at West Dale
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