Networks of highly branched stigmarian rootlets developed on the first giant trees

Lycophyte trees, up to 50 m in height, were the tallest in the Carboniferous coal swamp forests. The similarity in their shoot and root morphology led to the hypothesis that their rooting (stigmarian) systems were modified leafy shoot systems, distinct from the roots of all other plants. Each consis...

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Autors principals: Hetherington, A, Berry, C, Dolan, L
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: National Academy of Sciences 2016