Banksia longicarpa facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Banksia longicarpa Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Banksia
Species:	B. longicarpa
Binomial name
*Banksia longicarpa* Greenwood, Haines & Steart,

Banksia longicarpa is an extinct species of tree or shrub, known from fossil Banksia "cones" recovered from rocks at Poole Creek and Woomera in northern South Australia. Its elongate woody axis with prominent follicles resemble the fruiting cone of the living species Banksia serrata.

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