Early Cretaceous abietoid Pinaceae from Mongolia and the history of seed scale shedding

Herrera, F; Shi, GL; Bickner, MA; Ichinnorov, N; Leslie, AB; Crane, PR; Herendeen, PS

Herrera, F (corresponding author), Chicago Bot Garden, Glencoe, IL 60022 USA.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 2021; 108 (8): 1483

Abstract

Premise Seed cones of extant Pinaceae exhibit two mechanisms of seed release. In "flexers" the cone scales remain attached to the central axis, while ......

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