Duabanga-like leaves from the middle eocene princeton chert and comparative leaf histology of lythraceae sensu lato

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1126-1139

  Little, Stefan A ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Keating, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decodon; Duabanga; Eocene; Leaf histology; Lythraceae; Punicaceae; Sonneratiaceae

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF; PALEOBOTANY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

DECODON (ANGIOSPERM); DECODON ALLENBYENSIS; DUABANGA; DUABANGA GRANDIFLORA; FUNGI; LYTHRACEAE; MYRTALES;

EID: 27244435215     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.7.1126     Document Type: Article

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