Tenuisa frasniana gen. et sp. nov., a plant of euphyllophyte affinity from the Late Devonian of China

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1341-1349

  Wang, De Ming ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Euphyllophyte; Late Devonian; South China; Tenuisa frasniana gen. et sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT; SPORE; STEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

CLADOXYLOPSIDA; EUPHYLLOPHYTA; PSILOPHYTON;

EID: 36849064139     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521685     Document Type: Article

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