Elucidating the affinities and habitat of ancient, widespread Cyperaceae: Volkeria messelensis gen. et sp. nov., a fossil mapanioid sedge from the Eocene of Europe

Selena Y. Smith; Margaret E. Collinson; David A. Simpson; Paula J. Rudall; Federica Marone; Marco Stampanoni

doi:10.3732/ajb.0800427

Elucidating the affinities and habitat of ancient, widespread Cyperaceae: Volkeria messelensis gen. et sp. nov., a fossil mapanioid sedge from the Eocene of Europe

Selena Y. Smith, Margaret E. Collinson, David A. Simpson, Paula J. Rudall, Federica Marone, Marco Stampanoni

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1506-1518
Number of pages	13
Journal	American Journal of Botany
Volume	96
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0800427
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009

Keywords

Cyperaceae
Eocene
fruit
infructescence
Mapanioideae
Messel
synchrotron radiation x-ray tomographic microscopy
Volkeria messelensis
DNA-SEQUENCE DATA
POLLEN
GERMANY
ARACEAE
POALES

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