Reconstructing the Pennsylvanian-age filicalean fern Botryopteris tridentata (Felix) Scott

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-507

  Rothwell, Gar W ^a,b   Good, Charles W ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botryopteridaceae; Filicales; Fossil; Paleozoic

Indexed keywords

FERN; PALEOBOTANY; PENNSYLVANIAN;

UNITED STATES;

BOTRYOPTERIS FORENSIS; BOTRYOPTERIS TRIDENTATA; PSALIXOCHLAENA CYLINDRICA;

EID: 0034096316     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314270     Document Type: Article

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