Archaefructus - Angiosperm precursor or specialized early angiosperm?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 369-373

  Friis, Else Marie ^a   Doyle, James A ^b   Endress, Peter K ^c   Leng, Qin ^d  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEFRUCTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0042194836     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(03)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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