Permanent dyads in sporangia and spore masses from the Lower Devonian of the Welsh Borderland

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-147

  Wellman, Charles H ^a,b   Edwards, Dianne ^a   Axe, Lindsey ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early land plants; Palaeobotany; Palynology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; PALEOBOTANY; SPORE;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

CULULLITHECA RICHARDSONII;

EID: 0031878354     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1998.0165     Document Type: Article

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