Phanerozoic evolution of plants on the African plate

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 13-52

  Burgoyne, P M ^a   van Wyk, A E ^b   Anderson, J M ^a   Schrire, B D ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate; Evolution; Flora; Gondwana; History; Madagascar; Phanerozoic; Plants; Review; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; GONDWANA; PHANEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 29744468128     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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