Establishing a fossil record for the perianthless piperales: Saururus tuckerae sp. nov. (Saururaceae) from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1642-1657

  Smith, Selena Y ^a,b   Stockey, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eocene; Fossil flowers; Magnoliids; Piperales; Pollen; Princeton Chert; Saururaceae; Saururus

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLEN; TYPE SPECIMEN;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

MAGNOLIIDS; PIPERALES; SAURURACEAE; SAURURUS;

EID: 35349030784     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.10.1642     Document Type: Article

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