Fossil flowers of ericalean affinity from the Late Cretaceous of Southern Sweden

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 467-480

  Schönenberger, Jürg ^a,b   Priis, Else Marie ^a  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ericales s.l.; Flowers; Fossils; Insect pollination; Late Cretaceous; Paradinandra suecica; Sweden; Ternstroemiaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004108548     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657112     Document Type: Article

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