Deciphering angiosperm origins

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 606-611

  Maheshwari, Hari Krsna ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Ancestral forms; Angiosperms; Fossil plants; Origin

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33947579972     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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