TL;DR: Cuticles of North Queensland rainforest Proteaceac were examined using light and scanning electron microscopy to explore hypotheses relating to the history of the Proteaceae and to possess cuticular morphologies very similar or identical to extant rainforest taxa in the region.
TL;DR: Cuticles of North Queensland rainforest Proteaceac were examined using light and scanning electron microscopy to explore hypotheses relating to the history of the Proteaceae and several Cainozoic proteaceous macrofossils temporally and spatially far removed from North Queensland possess cuticular morphologies very similar to extant rainforest taxa in the region.