Re-interpretation of Wexfordia hookense from the Upper Devonian of Ireland as an arborescent lycophyte

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-287

  Klavins, Sharon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Famennian; Isoetales; Periderm; Wood

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; TAXONOMY; XYLEM;

COUNTY WEXFORD; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; SANDEEL BAY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ENTOVALVA; ISOETALES; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; PROTOLEPIDODENDRALES;

EID: 4143115815     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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