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Early Cretaceous Monocots: A Phylogenetic Evaluation

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  • 1. Department of Evolution and Ecology,University of California,Davis,California 95616,USA;jadoyle@ucdavis.edu
  • 2. Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich,Zollikerstrasse 107,8008 Zurich, Switzerland;pendress@systbot.uzh.ch
  • 3. Department of Biology,Texas State University,San Marcos,Texas 78666, USA; gu01@txstate.edu

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Doyle, James A., Endress, Peter K., Garland R. Upchurch, Jr. (2008): Early Cretaceous Monocots: A Phylogenetic Evaluation. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 64 (2-4): 59-87, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13182993

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