Early evidence of xeromorphy in angiosperms: Stomatal encryption in a new eocene species of Banksia (Proteaceae) from Western Australia

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1486-1497

  Carpenter, Raymond J ^a,b   McLoughlin, Stephen ^c   Hill, Robert S ^b,d   McNamara, Kenneth J ^e   Jordan, Gregory John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banksia; Eocene; Proteaceae; Sclerophylly; Silcrete; Southwestern Australia; Stomatal crypt; Xeromorphy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARID ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEW SPECIES;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BANKSIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROTEACEAE;

WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; DROUGHT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; PROTEACEAE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; DROUGHTS; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; PROTEACEAE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84907907798     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 15372197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400191     Document Type: Article

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