Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Full reference: R. J. Carpenter, J. M. Bannister, G. J. Jordan and D. E. Lee. 2010. Leaf fossils of Proteaceae tribe Persoonieae from the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene of New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 23(1):1-15
Belongs to Persoonieaephyllum according to R. J. Carpenter et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Persoonieaephyllum villosum
Type specimen: Holotype: OU32765, stored at Otago University Geology Department., a leaf (Cuticle). Its type locality is F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene mire/swamp lignite in New Zealand.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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