Early Angiosperm Diversification: The Diversity of Pollen Associated with Angiosperm Reproductive Structures in Early Cretaceous Floras from Portugal
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0026-6493
DOI: 10.2307/2666179