Fossil leaves of the araceae from the European eocene and notes on other aroid fossils

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-183

  Wilde, Volker ^a   Kvaček, Zlatko ^a   Bogner, Josef ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Araceae; Cenozoic; Fossil foliage; Paleoecology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;

ARACEAE; PELTANDRA;

EID: 14844340324     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425673     Document Type: Article

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