The female reproductive unit of Ephedra (Gnetales): Comparative morphology and evolutionary perspectives

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-430

  Rydin, Catarina ^a   Khodabandeh, Anbar ^b   Endress, Peter K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Character evolution; Cretaceous; Fossils; Histology; Reproductive morphology; Seed plants

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; HISTOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEED;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION;

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; NATURAL HISTORY; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

EPHEDRA; GNETALES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 77955966454     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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