Genus of rainforest trees in the family Proteaceae
For other uses, see Eidothea (disambiguation).
Eidothea
Eidothea hardeniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Proteales
Family:
Proteaceae
Subfamily:
Proteoideae
Genus:
Eidothea A.W.Douglas & B.Hyland[1][2][3]
Type species
Eidothea zoexylocarya
A.W.Douglas & B.Hyland
Species
See text
Eidothea is a genus of two species of rainforest trees in New South Wales and Queensland, in eastern Australia, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae.[1][2][4] The plant family Proteaceae was named after the shape-shifting god Proteus of Greek mythology. The genus name Eidothea refers to one of the three daughters of Proteus.[5]
In 1883 German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller named fossil seeds Xylocaryon lockii from Miocene age sediments excavated in old gold mining sites in Victoria; they match those of Eidothea and are thought to represent the modern plant.[6][7]
Eidothea is known from geographic areas separated by more than 1,000 km (620 mi), the mountains of the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Queensland, the Nightcap Range area of north-eastern New South Wales and as the fossils from southern Victoria, much further to the south,[2][8] underlining the fact that Australia's rainforests are tiny remnants of ancient rainforests that millions of years ago covered large parts of Australia. This makes them a particularly precious part of Australia's natural heritage.
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Eidothea is a genus of two species of rainforest trees in New South Wales and Queensland, in eastern Australia, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae...
Eidothea hardeniana, commonly named nightcap oak, is a species of tree, up to 40 m (130 ft) tall, of the plant family Proteaceae, which botanist Robert...
Tragasia, daughter of Celaenus; Cyanee, daughter of the river-god Meander; or Eidothea, daughter of King Eurytus of Caria. She fell in love with Caunus, her twin...
Phrygia. By the Nereid Psamathe, Proteus fathered Theoclymenos and Theonoe (Eidothea or Eurynome). Cabeiro, mother of the Cabeiri and the three Cabeirian nymphs...
Eidothea zoexylocarya is a species of tall rainforest trees endemic to north-eastern Queensland, Australia and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae...
two sons named Cadmus and Cilix and a daughter named Europa. A certain Eidothea, wife of Phineus, was called the sister of Cadmus and thus maybe the daughter...
wife, Idaea, daughter of the Scythian king Dardanus (less commonly Dia, Eidothea, sister of Cadmus, or Eurytia), deceived him into blinding these sons,...
deep-water coral reefs off the coast of Mauritania. Nightcap oak (Eidothea hardeniana and Eidothea zoexylocarya), representing a genus previously known only from...
Limulus oculatus. Scottish naturalist John Scouler described the genus Eidothea in 1831 based on a single fossil prosoma from Scotland, but did not grant...
of Dodona Echemeia Cos spelled "Ethemea" by Hyginus, consort of Merops Eidothea Mt. Othrys mother by Eusiros of Cerambus Eunoë Phrygia possible mother...
married to the Giant Briareus Delphin (Δελφιν), dolphin god or daimone Eidothea (Ειδοθέα), prophetic sea nymph and daughter of Proteus Glaucus (Γλαῦκος)...
Kerambos), a son of Euseiros (himself son of Poseidon) and the nymph Eidothea of Othreis. Cerambus was a survivor of Deucalion's flood by means of wings...
daughter of Nereus, associated with the power and might of ocean waves. Eidothea, prophetic sea nymph and daughter of Proteus. Electra, an Oceanid, consort...
unfaithful to her with a Thracian woman. Eurynome, an alternate name for Eidothea, the daughter of Proteus. Eurynome, a daughter of Asopus and mother of...
Pharos. It is here after 20 days that he is approached by the goddess Eidothea, daughter of Proteus, the first minister of Poseidon. In this meeting she...
theós 'god' and nóos or noûs 'mind.' Theonoe's earlier name was Eido (Eidothea). According to Euripides' telling, Paris only abducted a phantom of the...
and is also listed as vulnerable under the EPBC Act. The Nightcap oak (Eidothea hardeniana) is listed as critically endangered under the EPBC Act. It was...
The fruit structure suggests a close relationship with the extant genus Eidothea. Rozefelds, Andrew C.; Dettmann, Mary E.; Clifford, H. Trevor. "Xylocaron...
or Eusiros was the son of Poseidon and father of Cerambus by the nymph Eidothea of Mt. Othrys. His son was changed into a gnawing beetle by the nymphs...
of the Proteaceae from the similarity of its fruit to the extant genus Eidothea. Fossils attributable to this family have been found on the majority of...
thus considered to be one of the Oceanids. Together with her sisters Eidothea and Althaea (Amalthea) were nurses of young Zeus. Adraste, one of the companions...
Parnassos Echo Mount Cithaeron, Boeotia loved Narcissus and loved by Pan Eidothea Mount Othrys, Malis mother of Cerambus by Eusiros The Idaeae Mount Ida...
the large granite boulders or as an epiphyte in the cloud forest canopy. Eidothea zoexylocarya was initially discovered on the slopes of Mount Bartle Frere...
between the latter and Phineus. Eurytus, king of Caria and the father of Eidothea, who was one of the possible spouses of Miletus. Eurytus, a centaur present...
recent discovery of two large tree species Eucryphia jinksii in 1995 and Eidothea hardeniana in 2000. Nature Conservation Act Extinct Species [1] Antrophyum...
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