What is "carnarvonia"

Carnarvonia is a genus of arthropods of uncertain affinities, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Its bivalved carapace bears the imprints of its veins.

Carnarvonia is a flowering plant genus of a single species, commonly named red oak or red silky oak and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. The single species named Carnarvonia araliifolia grows to large trees of or more. They grow naturally only (endemic) in the Wet Tropics rainforests region of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. The species has two described varieties, C. araliifolia var. araliifolia and C. araliifolia var. montana, and the common names are used for both.

C. araliifolia var. araliifolia grows naturally in the lowlands and up to the lower parts of the uplands, from about altitude. The trees are recorded as developing into the largest size on basalt derived fertile soils.

C. araliifolia var. montana grows naturally in the uplands, tablelands and mountains of the region, from about altitude, with its variety name referring to mountains.