Cordaitalean seed plants from the early permian of North China. III. Reconstruction of the Shanxioxylon Taiyuanense plant

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 951-967

  Hilton, Jason ^a   Wang, S J ^b   Galtier, Jean ^c   Bateman, Richard M ^a,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; Cordaixylon; Form species; Organ species; Taiyuan formation; Whole plant reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PERMIAN; RECONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CORDAITALES; CORDAITES; FLORINITES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 70349185098     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600139     Document Type: Article

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