Pteridophytic evolution: An often underappreciated phytological success story

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 209-222

  Rothwell, Gar W ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; PHANEROZOIC; PTERIDOPHYTE; RECENT; SILURIAN; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR LAND PLANT;

EID: 0029731223     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00084-4     Document Type: Article

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