Late Paleozoic phytogeographic provinces in China and its adjacent regions

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 41-62

  Li, Xingxue ^a   Wu, Xiuyuan ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FLORAL PROVINCE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; PROVINCIALISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0029730906     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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