, ▁Australia . ▁The ▁trees ▁have ▁the ▁common ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁fis ht ail ▁o ak ▁or ▁fis ht ail ▁sil ky ▁o ak . ▁ ▁Tax onomy ▁and ▁naming ▁Queensland ▁botan ist ▁L inds ay ▁Smith ▁named ▁the ▁species ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁from ▁a ▁collection ▁from ▁forest ry ▁land ▁near ▁Kur anda ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁by ▁Queensland ▁forest ry ▁officers ▁Kevin ▁J . ▁White ▁and ▁H . ▁Ed gar ▁Vol ck . ▁Smith ▁co ined ▁the ▁species ▁names ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁names ▁of ▁the ▁find ers . ▁ ▁Peter ▁H . ▁West on ▁and ▁N ig el ▁B ark er ▁ref ined ▁the ▁classification ▁of ▁the ▁Prote aceae ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁incorpor ating ▁mole cular ▁data . ▁Here , ▁Ne or ites ▁emer ged ▁as ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁gener a ▁O rit es ▁and ▁R oup ala . ▁They ▁thus ▁placed ▁the ▁three ▁gener a ▁in ▁the ▁sub tri be ▁R oup al inae , ▁conced ing ▁that ▁the ▁next ▁closest ▁relatives ▁of ▁this ▁group ▁is ▁unclear . ▁This ▁group ▁lies ▁within ▁the ▁sub family ▁Gre ville o ide ae . ▁C lock ▁d ating ▁with ▁mole cular ▁and ▁foss il ▁data ▁indicated ▁ancest ors ▁of ▁Ne or ites ▁and ▁the ▁South ▁American ▁genus ▁R oup ala ▁may ▁have ▁diver ged ▁in ▁the ▁mid - O lig oc ene ▁around ▁ 3 0 ▁million ▁years ▁ago , ▁and ▁that ▁this ▁line age ▁in ▁turn ▁separated ▁from ▁the ▁ancest ors ▁of