Nystroemiaceae, a new family of Permian gymnosperms from China with an unusual combination of features

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1679, 2010, Pages 301-309

  Wang, Jun ^a   Pfefferkorn, Hermann W ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Chiropteris Kurr; Nystroemia reniformis (Kawasaki) Wang; Permian; Pfefferkorn; Sun and Liu

Indexed keywords

GYMNOSPERM; NEW TAXON; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENY; SEED; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

GYMNOSPERMAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 75749097293     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0913     Document Type: Article

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