Aroid seeds from the Middle Eocene Princeton chert (Keratosperma allenbyense, araceae): Comparisons with extant lasioideae

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-250

  Smith, Selena Y ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Araceae; Aroid; Cyrtosperma; Eocene; Keratosperma; Lasioideae; Seed; Urospatha

Indexed keywords

CHERT; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; SEED;

ARACEAE; CYRTOSPERMA; CYRTOSPERMA MERKUSII; FUNGI; KERATOSPERMA ALLENBYENSE; UROSPATHA SAGITTIFOLIA;

EID: 0037362101     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346164     Document Type: Article

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