First fossil record of transfer cells in angiosperms

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 957-959

  Gottschling, Marc ^a   Hilger, Hartmut H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boraginales; Ehretia; Europe; London Clay flora; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Tertiary; Transfer cells; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CYTOLOGY; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; LONDON CLAY;

BORAGINACEAE; EHRETIA; EHRETIA CLAUSENTIA; EHRETIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038686800     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.6.957     Document Type: Article

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