Detarieae sensu lato (Fabaceae) from the Late Oligocene (27.23 Ma) Guang River flora of north-western Ethiopia

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-54

  Pan, Aaron D ^a   Jacobs, Bonnie F ^b   Herendeen, Patrick S ^c  

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

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil angiosperms; Leaf morphology; Leaf surface; Leguminosae; Palaeobotany; Stomata

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEGUME; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; STOMATA;

ANATOLIA; ETHIOPIA; TURKEY;

AFZELIA; CYNOMETRA; DETARIEAE; FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 77954127250     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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