Earliest orchid macrofossils: Early Miocene Dendrobium and Earina (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) from New Zealand

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 466-474

  Conran, John G ^a   Bannister, Jennifer M ^b   Lee, Daphne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dendrobium; Earina; Epidendroideae; Evolution; Fossil; Miocene; Orchidaceae; Otago

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STOMATA;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

DENDROBIUM; EARINA; EPIDENDREAE; EPIDENDROIDEAE; ORCHIDACEAE; TETRA;

EID: 60249100736     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800269     Document Type: Article

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