Schmeissneria: An angiosperm from the early jurassic

Journal of Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 326-335

  Wang, Xin ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b Fairylake Botanical Garden ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Earliest; Evolution; Flower; Fossil; Germany; Jurassic; Origin

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SCHMEISSNERIA;

EID: 77958178802     PISSN: 16744918     EISSN: 17596831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-6831.2010.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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