An anatomically preserved arborescent lycopsid, Sublepidodendron songziense (Sublepidodendraceae), from the Late Devonian of Hubei, China

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1468-1477

  Wang, Qi ^a   Hao, Shou Gang ^a   Wang, De Ming ^a   Dilcher, David L ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arborescent lycopsid; China; Late Devonian; Lepidodendrales; Sublepidodendron songziense

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CHINA; HUBEI PROVINCE;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ENTOVALVA; LEPIDODENDRACEAE; LEPIDODENDRALES; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; PROTOLEPIDODENDRALES; PTERIDOPHYTA; SUBLEPIDODENDRACEAE; SUBLEPIDODENDRON SONGZIENSE;

EID: 0036741152     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.9.1468     Document Type: Article

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