Cuticular anatomy of Sphenobaiera huangii (Ginkgoales) from the Lower Jurassic of Hubei, China

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 709-721

  Wang, Yongdong ^a,d   Guignard, Gaëtan ^b   Thévenard, Frédéric ^b   Dilcher, David ^c   Barale, Georges ^b   Mosbrugger, Volker ^d   Yang, Xiaoju ^a   Mei, Shengwu ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Fossil; Ginkgoales; Jurassic; Leaf cuticle; Sphenobaiera huangii; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CUTICLE; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WORLD;

GINKGOALES; SPHENOBAIERA; SPHENOBAIERA HUANGII;

EID: 14844306647     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.4.709     Document Type: Article

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