The earliest normal flower from Liaoning Province, China

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 800-811

  Wang, Xin ^a,b   Zheng, Shaolin ^c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Fairylake Botanical Garden   (China)

^c SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Bisexual; Callianthus; Early Cretaceous; Flower; Liaoning; Perianth; Yixian Formation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIODIVERSITY; CRETACEOUS; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER; PALEOBOTANY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERMS; CHINA; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; FOSSILS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING; YIXIAN;

ARCHAEFRUCTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 68449097370     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2009.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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