Implications of fossil conifers for the phylogenetic relationships of living families

Botanical Review

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 239-277

  Miller Jr , Charles N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ABIES; ARAUCARIA; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA; CUNNINGHAMIA; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; CUPRESSUS; PODOCARPUS; SCIADOPITYS; TAXACEAE; TAXODIUM;

EID: 0001741303     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02857631     Document Type: Review

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