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Xylocaryon lockii

Xylocaryon
EidotheafruitillustrationsbyMueller.jpg
Illustration of fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Xylocaryon
F.Muell.
Species: X. lockii
Binomial name
Xylocaryona 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.


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