Miocene winged fruits of Loxopterygium (Anacardiaceae) from the Ecuadorian Andes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1767-1773

  Burnham, Robyn J ^a   Carranco, Nina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemochory; Dry tropical forest; Ecuador; Loxopterygium; Paleobotany; Tertiary; Winged diaspores

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; FRUIT; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; TAXONOMY;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANACARDIACEAE; LOXOPTERYGIUM;

EID: 21244438137     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.11.1767     Document Type: Article

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