The ultrastructure and botanical affinity of end-permian spore tetrads

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 875-887

  Looy, Cindy V ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^b   Van Konijnenburg Van Cittert, Johanna H A ^c,d   Visscher, Henk ^c   Brain, Anthony P R ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lycopsids; Permian; Spores; Tetrads; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN; SPORE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DENSOISPORITES; ISOETALES; LUNDBLADISPORA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; OTYNISPORITES; SELAGINELLALES; UVAESPORITES;

EID: 23944491587     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431802     Document Type: Article

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