An Australian origin for the candle nut (Aleurites, Crotonoideae, Euphorbiaceae) and the fossil record of the Euphorbiaceae and related families in Australia and New Zealand

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Rozefelds, Andrew C., Dettmann, Mary E., Clifford, H. Trevor, Ekins, Merrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2017
• Subjects: Aleurites; Australia; Cenozoic; Euphorbiaceae; Fossil fruits; Pollen; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 1911 Palaeontology; McIntyre; New Zealand; Queensland; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica New Zealand
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:504314/UQ504314_OA.pdf; https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:504314

A fossil seed from south east Queensland referable to the extant genus Aleurites (candlenut) is described as a new species, A. australis, and is one of the few macrofossil records of Euphorbiaceae from Australia. The new fossil data and phylogenetic studies of the biogeographical relationships of Al...