Taxodiaceous pollen cones from the early tertiary of British Columbia, Canada

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 339-346

  Hernandez Castillo, Genaro R ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Beard, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Island Paleontology Museum   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer; Cupressaceae; Eocene; Pollen cone; Taxodiaceae

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

EID: 15944410292     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427485     Document Type: Article

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