Early Cretaceous Archaeamphora is not a carnivorous angiosperm

Archaeamphora longicervia H.Q.Li was described as an herbaceous, Sarraceniaceae-like pitcher plant from the mid Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Here, a re-investigation of A. longicervia specimens from the Yixian Formation provides new insights into its id...

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Main Authors: William Oki Wong, David Leo Dilcher, Conrad Christopher Labandeira, Ge eSun, Andreas eFleischmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00326/full