Studies on fossil Metasequoia from north-east China and their taxonomic implications

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-297

  Liu, Yan Ju ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a   Wang, Yu Fei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coniferales; Cretaceous; Taxodiaccae; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE; JIAYIN COUNTY;

METASEQUOIA; METASEQUOIA ASIATICA; METASEQUOIA CHINENSIS; METASEQUOIA CUNEATA; METASEQUOIA DISTICHA; METASEQUOIA EUROPAEA; METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES; METASEQUOIA JAPONICA; METASEQUOIA KIMURAE; METASEQUOIA MIOCENICA; METASEQUOIA NATHORSTII; METASEQUOIA OCCIDENTALIS; METASEQUOIA ONUKII; METASEQUOIA PAPILLAPOLLENILES;

EID: 0032772157     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1998.0219     Document Type: Article

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