The origin and early evolution of tracheids in vascular plants: Integration of palaeobotanical and neobotanical data

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1398, 2000, Pages 857-868

  Friedman, William E ^a   Cook, Martha E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Developmental evolution; Equisetum; Huperzia; Tracheid; Xylem

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PALEOBOTANY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR PLANT;

EQUISETUM; HUPERZIA;

EID: 0034729735     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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