Archaeopterid root anatomy and architecture: New information from permineralized specimens of famennian age from anti-atlas (morocco)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 364-381

  Meyer Berthaud, Brigitte ^a,b   Decombeix, Anne Laure ^a   Ermacora, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeopteridales; Devonian; Gondwana; Lignophytes; Paleozoic; Root architecture

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FAMENNIAN; FERN; GONDWANA; MORPHOLOGY; PHLOEM; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; TYPE SPECIMEN; XYLEM;

ANTI ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; MOROCCO;

EID: 84875177649     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668685     Document Type: Article

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