A new species of Lepidostrobus from the Upper Devonian of Xinjiang, China and its bearing on the phylogenetic significance of the order Isoëtales

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-67

  Wang, Qi ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a   Geng, Bao Yin ^a   Chitaley, Shya ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Fossil; Lycopsid; Strobilus

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

CARBONIFEROUS; ENTOVALVA; ISOETALES; LEPIDOSTROBUS; LEPIDOSTROBUS STROBILI; LEPIDOSTROBUS XINJIANGENSIS; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 0141453425     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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