Leaf fossils of luzuriaga and a monocot flower with in situ pollen of liliacidites contortus mildenh. & bannister sp. nov. (alstroemeriaceae) from the early miocene

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-155

  Conran, John G ^a   Bannister, Jennifer M ^b   Mildenhall, Dallas C ^c   Lee, Daphne E ^b   Chacón, Juliana ^d   Renner, Susanne S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alstroemeriaceae; Biogeography; Earliest miocene; Fossil plants; Liliacidites contortus; Liliales; Monocot; Pollen

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF; MIOCENE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLEN;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

ALSTROEMERIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COTYLEDON; EARLIEST MIOCENE; FOSSIL; FOSSIL PLANT; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LILIACIDITES CONTORTUS; LILIALES; MONOCOT; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; TIME;

ALSTROEMERIACEAE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; EARLIEST MIOCENE; FOSSIL PLANTS; LILIACIDITES CONTORTUS; LILIALES; MONOCOT; POLLEN;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COTYLEDON; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892582801     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300351     Document Type: Article

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