Clevelandodendron ohioensis, gen. et sp. nov., a slender upright lycopsid from the late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 781-789

  Chitaley, Shya ^a   Pigg, Kathleen B ^b  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isoetalean; Late Devonian; Lycopsid; Pleuromeia

Indexed keywords

CALAMOSPORA; CARBONIFEROUS; CHALONERIA; ENTOVALVA; ISOETALES; LAMIINAE; LEPIDODENDRALES; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; PLEUROMEIA;

CLEVELANDODENDRON OHIOENSIS; DEVONIAN; ISOETALEAN; LYCOPSID; PLEUROMEIA;

USA, OHIO;

EID: 0030460632     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445855     Document Type: Article

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