Secondary Phloem in Early Carboniferous Seed Plants: Anatomical Diversity and Evolutionary Implications

Premise of research. Secondary phloem produced by a bifacial vascular cambium is the distinctive feature of lignophytes, the group that comprises the seed plants and the progymnosperms. Because secondary phloem is rarely well preserved in the fossil record, our knowledge of the evolution of this tis...

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