Observations on anatomy of Adoketophyton subverticillatum from the Posongchong Formation (Pragian, Lower Devonian) of Yunnan, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 175-186

  Hao, Shougang ^a   Wang, Deming ^a   Beck, Charles B ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoketophyton subverticillatum; Anatomy; Centrarch protoxylem; G type tracheids

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; DEVONIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT; SPORE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ADOKETOPHYTON SUBVERTICILLATUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; ENTOVALVA; PRAGIA; ZOSTEROPHYLLUM; ZOSTEROPHYLLUM SUBVERTICILLATUM;

EID: 0347525788     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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