Demersatheca Li et Edwards, gen. nov., a new genus of early land plants from the Lower devonian, Yunnan Province, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 77-88

  Li, Cheng Sen ^a   Edwards, Dianne ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMERSATHECA;

DEMERSATHECA; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; SYSTEMATICS;

CHINA, YUNNAN PROVINCE, WENSHAN;

EID: 0030437035     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00120-4     Document Type: Article

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