Resolving the systematic and phylogenetic position of isolated ovules: A case study on a new genus from the Permian of China

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-108

  Seyfullah, Leyla J ^a   Hilton, Jason ^a   Liang, Ming Mei ^a   Wang, Shi Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cardiocarpalean; Cordaitales; Ovule; Pteridosperm; SPIERS; Three dimensional serial section reconstruction; Trigonocarpalean; Xuanwei Formation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PALEOBOTANY; PALEONTOLOGY; PERMIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CORDAITALES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 77956835802     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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