Klaprothiopsis dyscrita gen. et sp. nov. (Loasaceae) in Mid-Tertiary Dominican amber

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 369-379

  Poinar, George O ^a   Weigend, Maximilian ^b   Henning, Tilo ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dominican amber; Klaprothieae; Klaprothiopsis dyscrita gen. et sp. nov. Loasaceae; Paleobotany

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949500798     PISSN: 19345259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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