A new species of Leclercqia banks, Bonamo et Grierson (Lycopsida) from the middle devonian of North Xinjiang, China, with a possible climbing habit

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 836-846

  Xu, Hong He ^a,b   Berry, Christopher M ^b   Wang, Yi ^a   Marshall, John E A ^a,c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climbing habit; Devonian; Leaf; Leclercqia; Lycopsid; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING PLANT; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT TYPE; HERB; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAXONOMY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LECLERCQIA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 79960400745     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660195     Document Type: Article

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