Pollen genus Eucommiidites: Ultrastructure and affinities

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-155

  Tekleva, Maria V ^a   Krassilov, Valentin A ^a,b   Kvaček, Jiří ^c   van Konijnenburg van Cittert, Johanna H A ^d,e  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology   (Netherlands)

^e NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eucommiidites; Gnetophytes; Mesozoic; Pollen; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GYMNOSPERM; MESOZOIC; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; POLLEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

GNETOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 37349061609     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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