Chemical evidence for cell wall lignification and the evolution of tracheids in early Devonian plants

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 691-702

  Boyce, C Kevin ^a,c   Cody, George D ^b   Fogel, Marilyn L ^b   Hazen, Robert M ^b   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^b   Knoll, Andrew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lignin; Paleobotany; Rhynie chert; Tracheid; Xylem

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LIGNIN; PALEOBOTANY;

AGLAOPHYTON; ASTEROXYLON; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENTOVALVA; RHYNIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0242575012     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377113     Document Type: Article

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