Virola dominicana sp. nov. (Myristicaceae) from Dominican amber

Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 530-534

  Poinar, George ^a   Steeves, Royce ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dominican fossil amber; Myristicaceae; Paleobotany; Virola dominicana

Indexed keywords

AMBER; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POLLINATOR; TERTIARY;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRISTICACEAE; VIROLA;

EID: 84880948509     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0019     Document Type: Article

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