52 million years old Eucalyptus flower sheds more than pollen grains.
María Del C ZamaloaMaría A GandolfoKevin C J NixonPublished in: American journal of botany (2020)
The discovery of these pollen grains within a Patagonian Eucalyptus fossil flower confirms the hypothesis that Myrtaceidites eucalyptoides represents fossil pollen in the Eucalyptus lineage, extends the geographic and stratigraphic fossil pollen record, and supports an earlier age for crown-group eucalypts.
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