Further study of Late Devonian seed plant Cosmosperma polyloba: its reconstruction and evolutionary significance

Abstract Background The earliest seed plants in the Late Devonian (Famennian) are abundant and well known. However, most of them lack information regarding the frond system and reconstruction. Cosmosperma polyloba represents the first Devonian ovule in China and East Asia, and its cupules, isolated...

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Main Authors: Le Liu, Deming Wang, Meicen Meng, Jinzhuang Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-0992-1