Morphology, growth habit, and ecology of Blanzyopteris praedentata (Gothan) nov. comb., a climbing neuropteroid seed fern from the Stephanian of central France

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 603-619

  Krings, Michael ^a   Kerp, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blanzyopteris praedentata; Climbing seed fern; Cuticular analysis; Ecology; Paleobotany; Stephanian

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FERN; FOSSIL; GROWTH FORM; MORPHOLOGY; STEPHANIAN;

FRANCE;

BLANZYOPTERIS PRAEDENTATA; NEUROPTERIS;

EID: 0033024692     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314154     Document Type: Article

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