Fruits of icacinaceae from the Eocene Appian Way locality of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-314

  Rankin, Brian D ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^a   Beardy, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Island Paleontology Museum   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eocene; Fruits; Icacinaceae; Miquelia; Palaeophytocrene

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; EOCENE; FRUIT; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CHLAMYDOCARYA; ICACINA; ICACINACEAE; PHYTOCRENE; PYRENACANTHA;

EID: 38949184871     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523876     Document Type: Article

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