A brief review of the fossil history of the family Rosaceae with a focus on the Eocene Okanogan Highlands of eastern Washington State, USA, and British Columbia, Canada

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-57

  DeVore, M L ^a   Pigg, K B ^b  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; Fossil; Okanogan Highlands; Prunus; Rosaceae; Temperate floras; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 34547788846     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-007-0540-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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