The value of leaf cuticle characteristics in the identification and classification of Iberian Mediterranean members of the genus Pinus

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-448

  García Álvarez, Salvia ^a   García Amorena, Ignacio ^a   Rubiales, Juan M ^a   Morla, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Macrofossils; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeobotany; Pinus halepensis; Pinus nigra; Pinus pinaster; Pinus pinea; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CUTICLE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 72249086138     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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