Comparative morphology of reproductive structures in heterosporous water ferns and a reevaluation of the sporocarp

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 805-815

  Nagalingum, Nathalie S ^a   Schneider, Harald ^b   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferns; Homology; Marsileaceae; Morphology; Salviniaceae; Sporocarp

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; FERN; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AZOLLA; FILICOPHYTA; HYDROPTERIDALES; MARSILEACEAE; SALVINIA; SALVINIACEAE;

EID: 33748111316     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503848     Document Type: Article

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