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Southern hemisphere botanical ecosystems
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ginkgo Leaves from Paleogene Sediments in Tasmania

Raymond J. Carpenter and Robert S. Hill

Australian Journal of Botany 47(5) 717 - 724
Published: 1999

Abstract

A single nearly complete leaf and several fragments in Paleogene sediments from southern Tasmania confirm the Cenozoic presence of Ginkgo L. in Australia. The specimens, assigned to G. australis McCoy, add to our knowledge of probable deciduous forms in the southern Australian Paleogene, when winter darkness at the prevailing high latitudes made this strategy competitive.

https://doi.org/10.1071/BT98018

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