Plant evolution and terrestrialization during Palaeozoic times-The phylogenetic context

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 227, Issue , 2016, Pages 4-18

  Gerrienne, Philippe ^a   Servais, Thomas ^b   Vecoli, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cryptospores; Embryophytes; Palaeozoic; Phylogeny; Streptophytes; Terrestrialization

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANCESTRY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHAROPHYTE; EVOLUTION; LIVERWORT; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENETICS; PRECAMBRIAN; SPORE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VASCULAR PLANT;

CHARACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; STREPTOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84960822417     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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