Re-evaluation of Halle's fertile pteridosperms from the Permian floras of Shanxi Province, China

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 191-218

  Seyfullah, Leyla J ^a   Hilton, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alethopteris; Callistophyton; Dicksonites; Emplectopteris; Pollen organ; Pteridosperm; Seed; Seed plant; Shhihotse Formation; Sphenopteris; Taiyuan Formation

Indexed keywords

ALETHOPTERIS; CALLISTOPHYTALES; CALLISTOPHYTON; MARATTIALES; PECOPTERIS; PTERIDOSPERMOPSIDA; SPERMATOPHYTA; SPHENOPTERIS;

EID: 67349089252     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-009-0157-9     Document Type: Article

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