Tyloses and ecophysiology of the early carboniferous progymnosperm tree Protopitys buchiana

Annals of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 739-742

  Scheckler, Stephen E ^a   Galtier, Jean ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Ecophysiology; Lignophyte; Progymnosperm; Protopitys; Tyloses; Vessels; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; WOUNDING;

FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROTOPITYS; DICOTYLEDONEAE;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLCELLULOSE; METHYLETHYLCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL; FRANCE; GYMNOSPERM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WOOD;

ECOLOGY; FOSSILS; FRANCE; GYMNOSPERMS; METHYLCELLULOSE; WOOD;

EID: 0042888585     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcg068     Document Type: Article

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