Perspective: The origin of flowering plants and their reproductive biology - A tale of two phylogenies

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-231

  Friedman, W E ^a   Floyd, S K ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Amborella; Angiosperms; Double fertilization; Endosperm; Gnetales; Phylogeny; Seed plants

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWERING PLANT; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

AMBORELLA; AUSTROBAILEYACEAE; AUSTROBAILEYALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; GNETALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEALES; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRIMENIACEAE;

EID: 0035091542     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01288.x     Document Type: Review

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