Miocene leaves of Elaeagnus (Elaeagnaceae) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, its modern center of diversity and endemism.
Su T, Wilf P, Xu H, Zhou ZK.
Su T, et al.
Am J Bot. 2014 Aug;101(8):1350-61. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1400229.
Am J Bot. 2014.
PMID: 25156983
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KEY RESULTS: The well-preserved, densely packed, stellate scales on fossil leaf surfaces are diagnostic of Elaeagnaceae. We assign these fossil leaves to Elaeagnus tibetensis T. Su et Z.K. Zhou sp. nov., comprising the first confirmed fossil Elaeagnus leaves worldwi …
KEY RESULTS: The well-preserved, densely packed, stellate scales on fossil leaf surfaces are diagnostic of Elaeagnaceae. We assign these fos …