Leaf epidermal structures of extant plants of Cunninghamia and Taiwania (Cupressaceae sensu lato) and their taxonomic application

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Ma, Qing Wen ^a   Ferguson, David K ^b   Li, Feng Lan ^c   Li, Cheng Sen ^d  

^a BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Cunninghamia; Cupressaceae; cuticle; leaf; stomata; Taiwania; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONIFEROUS TREE; CUTICLE; FOLIAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GENOME; IMMUNOASSAY; KARYOTYPE; LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOMATA; TAXONOMY;

ATHROTAXIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUNNINGHAMIA; CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA; CUPRESSACEAE; GLYPTOSTROBUS; METASEQUOIA; TAIWANIA; TAXODIUM;

EID: 64549110254     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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