Review of the fossil evidence for the origin and earliest evolution of the seed-plants

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 981-987

  Hilton, Jason ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Lignophyte; Phylogeny; Progymnosperm; Spermatophyte

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SEED;

SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0032449323     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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