Isoetalean Lycopsid evolution: From the Devonian to the present

American Fern Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 99-114

  Pigg, Kathleen B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040884249     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444(2001)091[0099:ILEFTD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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