Fruits and seeds of Ruppia (Potamogetonaceae) from the Pliocene of Yushe Basin, Shanxi, northern China and their ecological implications

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-329

  Zhao, Liang Cheng ^a,b,c   Collinson, M E ^d   Li, Cheng Sen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Miocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoecology; Potamogeton; Zhangcun Formation

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI; YUSHE BASIN;

POTAMOGETON; POTAMOGETONACEAE; RUPPIA;

EID: 3242808309     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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