Frasnian (upper Devonian) evidence for multiple origins of seed-like structures

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-146

  Cheng Sen, Li ^a   Hilton, Jason ^b   Hemsley, Alan R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; lycopsid; monomegaspory; palacobotany progymnosperm; seed

Indexed keywords

ENTOVALVA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 0030997556     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1996.0079     Document Type: Article

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