Reconstructing emporia lockardii (voltziales: Emporiaceae) and initial thoughts on paleozoic conifer ecology

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1056-1074

  Hernandez Castillo, Genaro R ^a   Stockey, Ruth A ^b   Rothwell, Gar W ^c   Mapes, Gene ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer; Emporiaceae; Pennsylvanian permian; Voltziales

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEW SPECIES; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EMPORIA; EMPORIA LOCKARDII; POTONIEISPORITES; VOLTZIALES;

EID: 70350121925     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605115     Document Type: Article

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