Foliage and seeds of malvalean plants from the Eocene of Europe

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-182

  Kvacek Z ^a   Wilde, V ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eocene; Epidermal anatomy; Europe; Leaves; Malvaceae s.l.; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EOCENE; FOLIAGE; LEAF; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PALEOBOTANY; PLANT; SEED;

CZECH REPUBLIC; GERMANY; HESSE; HUNGARY; MESSEL;

MALVACEAE; MALVALES; PTEROSPERMUM;

EID: 77949757596     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1170     Document Type: Article

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