Early angiosperm diversification: The diversity of pollen associated with angiosperm reproductive structures in early cretaceous floras from Portugal

Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-296

  Friis, Else Marie ^a   Pedersen, Kaj Raunsgaard ^b   Crane, Peter R ^c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/2666179     Document Type: Article

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