Deciduous Nothofagus leaves from the Miocene of Cornish Head,New Zealand |
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| Authors: | MIKE POLE |
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| Institution: | Department of Plant Science , University of Tasmania , G.P.O. Box 252C, Hobart, 7001, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Pole, M.S., 1994:03:28. Deciduous Nothofagus leaves from the Miocene of Cornish Head, New Zealand. Alcheringa 18, 79–83. ISSN 0311-5518. Nothofagus leaves with plicate vernation, indicating a deciduous habit, are recorded from the Late Miocene of New Zealand. This is the first unequivocal record in New Zealand of deciduous Nothofagus, deciduous species now being restricted to Tasmania and South America. |
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| Keywords: | Nothofugus palaeobotany deciduous habit Miocene New Zealand |
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