Morphological evolution of Stratiotes through the Paleogene in England: An example of microevolution in flowering plants

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-288

  Sille, Nicholas P ^a,b   Collinson, Margaret E ^a   Kucera, Michal ^a,c   Hooker, Jerry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGENE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEED;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHARALES; HARRISICHARA; HYDROCHARITACEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; STRATIOTES;

EID: 33745351493     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.P05-21e     Document Type: Article

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