Eocene “Chusquea” fossil from Patagonia is a conifer, not a bamboo
Chusquea oxyphylla Freng. & Parodi, 1941, a fossilized leafy branch from the early Eocene (52 Ma), late-Gondwanan Laguna del Hunco biota of southern Argentina, is still cited as the oldest potential bamboo fossil and as evidence for a Gondwanan origin of bamboos. On recent examination, the holot...
| Published in: | PhytoKeys |
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| Format: | Other/Unknown Material |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2020
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.139.48717 https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/48717/ |