Nothia aphylla: The issue of clonal development in early land plants

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 319-326

  Daviero Gomez, Véronique ^a   Kerp, Hans ^b   Hass, Hagen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architecture; Clone; Lower Devonian; Nothia aphylla; Rhynie Chert

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

EID: 15944387388     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427484     Document Type: Article

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