Root evolution at the base of the lycophyte clade: Insights from an Early Devonian lycophyte

Annals of Botany

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 585-598

  Matsunaga, Kelly K S ^a   Tomescu, Alexandru M F ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Devonian; fossil; lycophyte; root evolution; rooting system; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLADISTICS; DEVONIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; ROOT; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; STEM; TAPHONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VASCULAR PLANT;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

LYCOPODIOPHYTA; POPULUS; PRAGIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; TIME FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84966495070     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcw006     Document Type: Article

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