Fruits of cornelian cherries (Cornaceae: Cornus Subg. Cornus) in the paleocene and eocene of the Northern hemisphere

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 882-891

  Manchester, Steven R ^a   Xiang, Xiao Ping ^b   Xiang, Qiu Yun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornus; England; Eocene; Fossil fruits; North America; Paleocene

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRUIT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCENE;

ENGLAND; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CORNACEAE; CORNUS; CORNUS MAS;

EID: 77957865928     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655771     Document Type: Article

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