Fagus (Fagaceae) fruits, foliage, and pollen from the Middle Eocene of Pacific Northwestern North America

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1509-1517

  Manchester, Steven R ^a   Dillhoff, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Evolving Earth Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Eocene; Fagus; Foliage; Fossil; Fruits

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION;

MIDDLE ECOCENE; ORNAMENTATION; SECONDARY VEINS;

FRUITS;

EOCENE; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL; FRUIT; PALEOBOTANY; POLLEN;

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FAGUS; FRUITS; MOLECULES; PLANTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CASTANEA; FAGACEAE; FAGUS; QUERCUS; SPINY;

EID: 11244311548     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-112     Document Type: Article

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