Sinocarpus decussatus gen. et sp. nov., a new angiosperm with basally syncarpous fruits from the Yixian Formation of Northeast China

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 77-88

  Leng, Q ^a   Friis, E M ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Cretaceous; Eudicots; Fossil; Infructescence; Sinocarpus decussatus; Yixian Formation

Indexed keywords

BUXACEAE; CORE EUDICOTS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYROTHAMNACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 0242676028     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-003-0028-8     Document Type: Article

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