New insights into paleozoic charophyte morphology and phylogeny

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1152-1160

  Feist, Monique ^a   Liu, Junying ^b   Tafforeau, Paul ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Charophyta; Evolution; Morphology; Paleoecology; Paleozoic; Umbellids; X ray synchrotron microtomography

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY;

CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CLAVATORACEAE;

EID: 21344433882     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.7.1152     Document Type: Article

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