Ginkgo leaves from Paleogene sediments in Tasmania

Authors
Hill, RS Carpenter, RJ
Citation
Rs. Hill et Rj. Carpenter, Ginkgo leaves from Paleogene sediments in Tasmania, AUST J BOT, 47(5), 1999, pp. 717-724
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
ISSN journal
00671924 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
717 - 724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0067-1924(1999)47:5<717:GLFPSI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A single nearly complete leaf and several fragments in Paleogene sediments from southern Tasmania confirm the Cenozoic presence of Ginkgo L. in Austra lia. 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.