Fossil cashew nuts from the Eocene of Europe: Biogeographic links between Africa and South America

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1199-1206

  Manchester, Steven R ^a   Wilde, Volker ^a   Collinson, Margaret E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; Anacardium; Bel n; Eocene; Fegimanra; Fruit; Germany; Hypocarp; Peru; South America; Texas

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUT; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANACARDIUM; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 35348885396     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520728     Document Type: Article

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