The Morphology and Relationships of Austrobaileya

Dandy and I had intended to prepare a publication on it later on.I might have done something when I was over the other side, but the war upset plans a bit.It is most desirable, of course, that fruit should be found before it is raised to family rank."Croizat (5) placed the genus in a new sub-family of the Dilleniaceae, viz., the Austrobaileyeae, and subsequently (6) in an independent family, the Austrobaileyaceae, without further discussion of its affinities.It is evident, accordingly, that three different relationships have been suggested for Austrobatleya, 1. the Magnoliaceae, 2. the Monimiaceae and 3. the Dilleniaceae.The question whether the genus should be placed in one of these families or in an independent family of its own can be satisfactorily answered only by comprehensive morphological investigations of adequately preserved material.