An Eocene monocotyledon from Nelly Creek, Central Australia, with affinities to Hemerocallidaceae (Lilianae: Asparagales)

Alcheringa

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 107-115

  Conran, John G ^a   Christophel, David C ^a   Cunningham, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asparagales; Central Australia; Dianella; Dianellophyllum; Eocene; Hemerocallidaceae; Macrofossil; Monocotyledon; Nelly Creek

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

ASPARAGALES; DIANELLA; HEMEROCALLIDACEAE; LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 0037647814     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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