Banksia longicarpa

Banksia longicarpa; Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Species:	†B. longicarpa
Binomial name
	†Banksia longicarpa; Greenwood, Haines & Steart

Banksia longicarpa is an extinct species of tree or shrub, known from fossil Banksia "cones" recovered from rocks at Poole Creek and Woomera in northern South Australia. Its elongate woody axis with prominent follicles resemble the fruiting cone of the living species Banksia serrata.[1]

References

Greenwood, David R.; Haines, Peter W.; Steart, David C. (2001). "New Species of Banksieaeformis and a Banksia 'Cone' (Proteaceae) from the Tertiary of central Australia" (PDF). Australian Systematic Botany. 14 (6): 870–890. doi:10.1071/SB97028.

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[1] Greenwood, David R.; Haines, Peter W.; Steart, David C. (2001). "New Species of Banksieaeformis and a Banksia 'Cone' (Proteaceae) from the Tertiary of central Australia" (PDF). Australian Systematic Botany. 14 (6): 870–890. doi:10.1071/SB97028.