A mosaic lauralean flower from the early cretaceous of Myanmar

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 290-297

  Crepet, William L ^a   Nixon, Kevin C ^a   Grimaldi, David ^b   Riccio, Mark ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherospermataceae; Cretaceous; Diversification; Gomortegaceae; Insect pollination; Lauraceae; Laurales; Monimiaceae

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANGIOSPERM; CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; FLOWER; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

MYANMAR;

ATHEROSPERMATACEAE; GOMORTEGA; GOMORTEGACEAE; HEXAPODA; LAURACEAE; LAURALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MONIMIACEAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; FOSSIL; MYANMAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISPERSAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; FOSSILS; MYANMAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISPERSAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84959093365     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500393     Document Type: Article

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