Bracteophyton variatum gen. et sp. nov., an early Devonian plant from the Xujiachong Formation of Yunnan, China

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 337-345

  Wang, De Ming ^a   Hao, Shou Gang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bract; Bracteophyton variatum; Lower Devonian; Xujiachong Formation; Yunnan of China

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; PALEOBOTANY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QUJING; YUNNAN;

ADOKETOPHYTON; BARINOPHYTALES; BRACTEOPHYTON VARIATUM; ENTOVALVA; LYCOPODIUM; PRAGIA; STACHYOPHYTON;

EID: 2942703978     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381919     Document Type: Article

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