Nonflowers near the base of extant angiosperms? Spatiotemporal arrangement of organs in reproductive units of Hydatellaceae and its bearing on the origin of the flower

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-82

  Rudall, Paula J ^a   Remizowa, Margarita V ^b   Prenner, Gerhard ^a   Prychid, Christina J ^a   Tuckett, Renee E ^c   Sokoloff, Dmitry D ^b  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Development; Evo devo; Flower; Hydatellaceae; Immunolocalization; Inflorescence; LEAFY; Ontogeny; Pseudanthium; Trithuria

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

CABOMBACEAE; HYDATELLACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEALES; TRITHURIA; TRITHURIA SUBMERSA;

EID: 60249083776     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800027     Document Type: Article

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