Integrating early Cretaceous fossils into the phylogeny of living angiosperms: Anita lines and relatives of Chloranthaceae

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 555-600

  Doyle, James A ^a   Endress, Peter K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Chloranthaceae; Cretaceous; Nymphaeales; Paleobotany; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANGIOSPERM; APTIAN; CENOMANIAN; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN;

EID: 84901022689     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675935     Document Type: Article

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