Dioscoreaceae fossils from the late Oligocene and early Miocene of Ethiopia

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-28

  Pan, Aaron D ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Bonnie F ^c   Currano, Ellen D ^d  

^a Don Harrington Discovery Center   (United States)

^b BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cuticle; Epidermal cells; Micromorphology

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MONOCOTYLEDON; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ETHIOPIA;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE; DIOSCOREALES; TACCA;

EID: 84898778470     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12150     Document Type: Article

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