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An unexpected noncarpellate epigynous flower from the Jurassic of China
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- 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Paleogeography, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
- 2. Departamento de Geociencias, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
- 3. Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane Botanical Gardens Mt Coot-tha, Toowong, Australia
- 4. Departamento de Geociencias, Universidad de Vigo, Vigo, Spain & Facultade de Bioloxía, Asociación Paleontolóxica Galega, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
- 5. State Forestry Administration Key Laboratory of Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
- 6. Tianjin Center, China Geological Survey, Tianjin, China
- 7. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- 8. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Supramolecular Medicinal Materials and Applications, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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Fu, Qiang, Diez, Jose Bienvenido, Pole, Mike, Ávila, Manuel García, Liu, Zhong-Jian, Chu, Hang, Hou, Yemao, Yin, Pengfei, Zhang, Guo-Qiang, Du, Kaihe, Wang, Xin (2018): An unexpected noncarpellate epigynous flower from the Jurassic of China. eLife (e38827) 7: 1-24, DOI: 10.7554/eLife.38827.001, URL: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.38827.001
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