A large anatomically preserved calamitean stem from the Upper Permian of southwest China and its implications for calamitean development and functional anatomy

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 261, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 229-244

  Wang, S J ^a   Hilton, J ^b   Galtier, J ^c   Tian, B ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Arthropitys; Calamite; Equisetales; Sphenopsid; Upper Permian

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPITYS; EQUISETALES; TACCA LEONTOPETALOIDES;

EID: 33750551304     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0434-9     Document Type: Article

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