Potomacapnos Apeleutheron gen. et sp. nov., a new early cretaceous angiosperm from the potomac group and its implications for the evolution of eudicot leaf architecture

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2437-2449

  Jud, Nathan A ^a,b   Hickey, Leo J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Cretaceous; Eudicot; Fossil; Fumarioideae; Leaf architecture; Papaveraceae; Potomac group; Ranunculales

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; TOPOLOGY;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; CRETACEOUS; EUDICOT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FUMARIOIDEAE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LEAF ARCHITECTURE; PAPAVERACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; POTOMAC GROUP; RANUNCULALES; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; EUDICOT; FOSSIL; FUMARIOIDEAE; LEAF ARCHITECTURE; PAPAVERACEAE; POTOMAC GROUP; RANUNCULALES;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COTYLEDON; FOSSILS; PAPAVERACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84890057095     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300250     Document Type: Article

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