Chloranthaceous floral structures from the Late Cretaceous of Sweden

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-42

  Eklund, Helena ^a   Friis, Else Marie ^a   Pedersen, Kaj Raunsgaard ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Chloranthaceae; Chloranthistemon. Palaeobotany; Cretaceous fossils; Floral evolution; Flower morphology; Magnoliidae; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CHLORANTHACEAE; CHLORANTHUS; MAGNOLIIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030689059     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985207     Document Type: Article

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