The relationships of vascular plants

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1398, 2000, Pages 847-855

  Kenrick, P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Life cycle; Phylogeny; Vascular plant

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; FOSSIL; GENE SEQUENCE; LIFE CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT MORPHOLOGY;

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 0034729737     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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