Abstract
THIS seems the most striking of several war-time papers by Florin on the conifers. Here he describes three kinds of conifer shoots: two previously known as Sequoia are shown to agree in form and cuticle with living Podocarpus species (section Dacryocarpus) ; the third is a new genus, but probably a Podocarp.
The Tertiary Fossil Conifers of South Chile and their Phytogeographical Significance, with a Review of the Fossil Conifers of Southern Lands
By Rudolf Florin. (Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Serien 3, Band 19, No. 2.) Pp. 107 + 6 plates. (Stockholm: Almquist and Wiksells Boktryckeri A.-B., 1940.)
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HARRIS, T. The Tertiary Fossil Conifers of South Chile and their Phytogeographical Significance, with a Review of the Fossil Conifers of Southern Lands. Nature 157, 118 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157118b0
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