A new species of Millerocaulis (Osmundaceae) from the Middle Jurassic of China and its implication for evolution of Osmunda

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1351-1358

  Cheng, Ye Ming ^a,b   Wang, Yu Fei ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Geological Museum of China   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Evolution; Jurassic; Millerocaulis; Osmundaceae; Subgenus Osmunda

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; FERN; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; STEM;

ASIA; CHANGGAO; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

LEPTOPTERIS; MILLEROCAULIS; OSMUNDA; OSMUNDACEAE; PLENASIUM; TODEA;

EID: 36849021958     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521687     Document Type: Article

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