Cordaitalean seed plants from the early permian of north China. II. Reconstruction of cordaixylon tianii

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-418

  Hilton, Jason ^a   Shi Jun, Wang ^b   Galtier, Jean ^c   Bateman, Richard M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UMR AMAP   (France)

^d JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyelon; Cardiocarpus; Cordaitanthus; Cordaites; Pennsylvanioxylon; Shanxioxylon; Taiyuan formation; Whole plant reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COEXISTENCE; DIVERGENCE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NOMENCLATURE; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SHRUB; STEM; TAXONOMY; XYLEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CORDAITALES; CORDAITES; SPERMATOPHYTA; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 63449084078     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595287     Document Type: Article

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