Eucommia (Eucommiaceae), a potential biothermometer for the reconstruction of paleoenvironments

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Wang, Yu Fei ^a,b   Li, Cheng Sen ^a,b   Collinson, Margaret E ^c   Lin, Jian ^a   Sun, Qi Gao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; China; East Asia; Eucommia; Eucommiaceae; Miocene; Paleoenvironments

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EUCOMMIA; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; EUCOMMIACEAE;

EID: 0842310502     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.90.1.1     Document Type: Article

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