The earliest record of the genus Cola (Malvaceae sensu lato: Sterculioideae) from the Late Oligocene (28-27 Ma) of Ethiopia and leaf characteristics within the genus

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-262

  Pan, Aaron David ^a   Jacobs, Bonnie F ^b  

^a Fort Worth Museum of Science and History   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cola; Cuticle; Octolobus; Pterygota; Sterculiaceae

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; OCTOLOBUS; STERCULIOIDEAE;

EID: 70450284556     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-009-0225-1     Document Type: Article

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