Sloanea


Sloanea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Elaeocarpaceae, comprising about 150 species.
Species include:Sloanea acutiflora UittienSloanea assamica Rehder & E. WilsonSloanea australis Benth. & F.Muell., an Australian rainforest treeSloanea berteroana Choisy ex DC.Sloanea caribaea Krug & Urb. ex DussSloanea gracilis UittienSloanea lepida TirelSloanea shankii Standl. & L.O.WilliamsSloanea suaveolens TirelSloanea tomentosa Rehder & E. WilsonSloanea woollsii F.Muell., an Australian rainforest tree

Fossil record

†Sloanea olmediaefolia has been described from many fossil leaves collected from lower Oligocene strata from 1857 to 1889 in Santa Giustina and Sassello in Central Liguria, Italy. Fossil leaves of this species have also been collected from the continental beds of the Csatka Formation near Oroszlány ; these beds are from the 34 million years old Oligocene regional stage Kiscellian.