Tree fern growth strategy in the Late Devonian cladoxylopsid species Pietzschia levis from the study of its stem and root system

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-23

  Soria, Aude ^a   Meyer Berthaud, Brigitte ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Architecture; Cladoxylopsida; Development; Devonian; Morocco; Pietzschia; Roots

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FERN; GROWTH; ROOT SYSTEM;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CLADOXYLOPSIDA; ENTOVALVA; FILICOPHYTA; FUNGI; MICROCHRYSA; PIETZSCHIA LEVIS; PSARONIUS; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 1642523425     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.1.10     Document Type: Article

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