Cretaceous floral structures from Negev, Israel as evidence of angiosperm radiation in the Gondwana realm

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-53

  Krassilov, Valentin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Early angiosperms; Flowers; Fruits; Gondwana; Mangroves; Plant evolution

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; FLOWER; FRUIT; GONDWANA; MANGROVE; NEW SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

CAPITATA; CAUDATA; COMBRETACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTALES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 33645429691     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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