Tracheid ultrastructure of Hsüa deflexa from the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation of Yunnan, China

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-427

  Wang, De Ming ^a   Hao, Shou Gang ^a   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell wall differentiation; Evolution; Hs a deflexa; Tracheid; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENTOVALVA; HSUA DEFLEXA; PRAGIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0038606421     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/373982     Document Type: Article

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