Treptostemon (lauraceae), a new genus of fossil flower from mid-tertiary dominican Amber

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 551-556

  Chambers, Kenton L ^a   Poinar, George O ^a   Chanderbali, Andre S ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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