Micromorphology of the seed envelope of ephedra L. (Gnetales) and its relevance for the timing of evolutionary events

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-48

  Ickert Bond, Stefanie M ^a,b   Rydiny, Catarina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Ephedra; Fossils; Gnetales; Micromorphology; Scanning electron microscopy; Seed envelope; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GYMNOSPERM; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL; STEM; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; NORTH AMERICA;

EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA RHYTIDOSPERMA; EPHEDRA TORREYANA; GNETALES;

EID: 78751477596     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657299     Document Type: Article

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