THE CONTRIBUTION OF MICROMORPHOLOGY TO THE TAXONOMY AND FOSSIL RECORDOF THE MYRICACEAE

Authors
FERGUSON DK
Citation
Dk. Ferguson, THE CONTRIBUTION OF MICROMORPHOLOGY TO THE TAXONOMY AND FOSSIL RECORDOF THE MYRICACEAE, Taxon, 47(2), 1998, pp. 333-335
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Taxon → ACNP
ISSN journal
00400262
Volume
47
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
333 - 335
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-0262(1998)47:2<333:TCOMTT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Micromorphological characters assist in the circumscription of the fam ily Myricaceae and can be used to distinguish the segregate genera. Th e fossil record is based on leaf compressions, fruits and pollen grain s. In the Tertiary the commonest genus was Myrica sensu stricto.