Madagascar recently made headlines in the botanical world with the rediscovery of Takhtajania perrieri, the only Afro-Malagasy member of the primitive family Winteraceae, in the northeast of the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands] Reference

The latter are famous for having the greatest diversity of gymnosperms anywhere, a high number of plants in the primitive flowering plants of the genus Pandanus and family Winteraceae, and a great number of endemic palms.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Caledonia dry forests] Reference

Twelve of the world’s 19 primitive angiosperm families are represented in the region, including Annonaceae, Austrobaileyaceae, Eupomatiaceae, Himantandraceae, Myristicaceae, and Winteraceae from the order Magnoliales and Atherospermataceae, Gyrocarpaceae, Hernandiaceae, Idiospermaceae, Lauraceae, and Monimiaceae of the Laurales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Queensland tropical rain forests] Reference