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List of works by Gar W. Rothwell

A New Voltzialean Conifer Emporia royalii sp. nov. (Emporiaceae) from the Hamilton Quarry, Kansas

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A new species of Pityostrobus (Pinaceae) from the Cretaceous of California: moving towards understanding the Cretaceous radiation of Pinaceae

Additional observations on Rhynchosperma quinnii (Medullosaceae): a permineralized ovule from the Chesterian (Upper Mississippian) Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas

scientific article published on November 2002

Age and identity of the oldest pine fossils: COMMENT

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Anatomically Preserved Ferns from the Late Cretaceous of Western North America. II. Blechnaceae/Dryopteridaceae

scientific article published in 2006

Anatomically preserved Cycadeoidea (Cycadeoidaceae), with a reevaluation of systematic characters for the seed cones of Bennettitales

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Anatomically preserved Early Cretaceous bennettitalean leaves:Nilssoniopteris corrugatan. sp. from Vancouver Island, Canada

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Anemia quatsinoensis sp. nov. (Schizaeaceae), a Permineralized Fern from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island

scientific article published in 2006

Angiosperm wood from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of British Columbia, Canada

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Ashicaulis woolfei n. sp.: additional evidence for the antiquity of osmundaceous ferns from the Triassic of Antarctica

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Bensoniotheca, a New Name for Heterotheca Benson

scientific article (publication date: November 1979)

Cobbania corrugata gen. et comb. nov. (Araceae): a floating aquatic monocot from the Upper Cretaceous of western North America

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Combining Characters of Pteridaceae and Tree Ferns: Pterisorus radiata gen. et sp. nov., a Permineralized Lower Cretaceous Filicalean with Radial Sori

scientific article published in 2006

Conantiopteris schuchmanii, gen. et sp. nov., and the Role of Fossils in Resolving the Phylogeny of Cyatheaceae s.l

scholarly article by Trevor C Lantz et al published September 1999 in Journal of Plant Research

Cretaceous origin of dogwoods: an anatomically preserved Cornus (Cornaceae) fruit from the Campanian of Vancouver Island

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Cretaceous tree ferns of western North America: Rickwoodopteris hirsuta gen. et sp. nov. (Cyatheaceae s.l.)

Cunninghamia beardii sp. nov. (Cupressaceae: Cunninghamioideae), Anatomically Preserved Pollen Cones from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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Cunninghamia taylorii sp. nov., a Structurally Preserved Cupressaceous Conifer from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Western North America

scientific article published in 2013

Cupressaceous Pollen Cones from the Early Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia: Morinostrobus holbergensis gen. et sp. nov

article published in 2018

Cyathea cranhamii sp. nov. (Cyatheaceae), anatomically preserved tree fern sori from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Developmental programmes in the evolution of Equisetum reproductive morphology: a hierarchical modularity hypothesis

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Distinguishing angiophytes from the earliest angiosperms: A Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) fruit-like reproductive structure

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Diversity among Taxodioid Conifers: Metasequoia foxii sp. nov. from the Paleocene of Central Alberta, Canada

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Diversity of Ancient Conifers: The Jurassic Seed Cone Bancroftiastrobus digitata gen. et sp. nov. (Coniferales)

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Early Seed Plant Wind Pollination Studies: A Commentary

scientific article (publication date: May 1982)

Early evolution of the vascular plant body plan - the missing mechanisms

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Escapia gen. nov

Evaluating Relationships among Floating Aquatic Monocots: A New Species of Cobbania (Araceae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of South Dakota

scientific article published in 2016

Evidence for Sympodial Vascular Architecture in a Filicalean Fern Rhizome: Dickwhitea allenbyensis gen. et sp. nov. (Athyriaceae)

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Evolution of seed dormancy

scientific article published in Nature

Exploring the fossil history of pleurocarpous mosses: Tricostaceae fam. nov. from the Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada

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Extending the fossil record of Polytrichaceae: Early Cretaceous Meantoinea alophosioides gen. et sp. nov., permineralized gametophytes with gemma cups from Vancouver Island

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Fossil Ophioglossales in the Paleocene of Western North America

scientific article published in 1989

Gleichenia appianensis sp. nov. (Gleicheniaceae): A Permineralized Rhizome and Associated Vegetative Remains from the Eocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

article by Randal A. Mindell et al published May 2006 in International Journal of Plant Sciences

Grimmiaceae in the Early Cretaceous: Tricarinella crassiphylla gen. et sp. nov. and the value of anatomically preserved bryophytes

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Growth Architecture of Thucydia mahoningensis, a Model for Primitive Walchian Conifer Plants

article by Genaro R. Hernandez‐Castillo et al published May 2003 in International Journal of Plant Sciences

Growth, development, and systematics of ferns: Does Botrychium s.l. (Ophioglossales) really produce secondary xylem?1.

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Hanskerpia gen. nov. and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Most Ancient Conifers (Voltziales)

scientific article (publication date: August 2005)

How Does the Inclusion of Fossil Data Change Our Conclusions about the Phylogenetic History of Euphyllophytes?

scientific article (publication date: May 2006)

Hubbardiastrobus cunninghamioides gen. et sp. nov., Evidence for a Lower Cretaceous Diversification of Cunninghamioid Cupressaceae

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Hughmillerites vancouverensis sp. nov. and the Cretaceous diversification of Cupressaceae

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Internal anatomy of the Late TriassicEquisetocaulisgen. nov., and the evolution of modern horsetails

scientific article published in 2015

Introduction: Evolution of Modern Ferns

article published in 2006

Is Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgoaceae) Really an Oviparous Plant?

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Is the anthophyte hypothesis alive and well? New evidence from the reproductive structures of Bennettitales.

scientific article published in January 2009

Krassiloviella limbelloides gen. et sp. nov.: Additional Diversity in the Hypnanaean Moss Family Tricostaceae (Valanginian, Vancouver Island, British Columbia)

article published in 2016

Lauraceous Flowers from the Eocene of Vancouver Island: Tinaflora beardiae gen. et sp. nov. (Lauraceae)

scientific article published in 2015

Mesozoic Diversity of Osmundaceae: Osmundacaulis whittlesii sp. nov. in the Early Cretaceous of Western Canada

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Middle Jurassic evidence for the origin of Cupressaceae: A paleobotanical context for the roles of regulatory genetics and development in the evolution of conifer seed cones

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Molecular phylogenetic relationships among Lemnaceae and Araceae using the chloroplast trnL-trnF intergenic spacer

scientific article published in February 2004

Mycorrhizal association of the extinct conifer Metasequoia milleri

scientific article published in 2001

New interpretations of the earliest conifers

Objective Science or Evolutionary Speculation? A Reply to P. B. Tomlinson

scientific article (publication date: May 1985)

On Paleozoic plants from marine strata: Trivena arkansana (Lyginopteridaceae) gen. et sp. nov., a lyginopterid from the Fayetteville Formation (middle Chesterian/Upper Mississippian) of Arkansas, USA.

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Onoclea sensibilis in the Paleocene of North America, a dramatic example of structural and ecological stasis

Origin of Equisetum : Evolution of horsetails (Equisetales) within the major euphyllophyte clade Sphenopsida

scientific article published in 2018

Osmunda vancouverensis sp. nov. (Osmundaceae), Permineralized Fertile Frond Segments from the Lower Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada

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Paralygodium vancouverensis sp. nov. (Schizaeaceae): Additional Evidence for Filicalean Diversity in the Paleogene of North America

scientific article published in 2006

Pararaucaria delfueyoi sp. nov. from the Late Jurassic Cañadón Calcáreo Formation, Chubut, Argentina: Insights into the Evolution of the Cheirolepidiaceae

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Phylogenetic diversification of Early Cretaceous seed plants: The compound seed cone of Doylea tetrahedrasperma

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Phylogenetic diversification of Equisetum (Equisetales) as inferred from Lower Cretaceous species of British Columbia, Canada

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Plant evolution at the interface of paleontology and developmental biology: An organism-centered paradigm

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Plant-Arthropod Interactions in Acanthostrobus edenensis (Cupressaceae), a New Conifer from the Upper Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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Reconsidering Relationships among Stem and Crown Group Pinaceae: Oldest Record of the Genus Pinus from the Early Cretaceous of Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Reconstructing Emporia lockardii (Voltziales: Emporiaceae) and Initial Thoughts on Paleozoic Conifer Ecology

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Reconstructing the Tetrastichia bupatides Gordon plant; a Devonian–Mississippian hydrasperman gymnosperm from Oxroad Bay, Scotland and Ballyheigue, Ireland

scientific article published in January 2022

Reconstruction of the Pennsylvanian-age walchian conifer Emporia cryptica sp. nov. (Emporiaceae: Voltziales)

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Relationships among Fossil and Living Dipteridaceae: Anatomically Preserved Hausmannia from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island

scientific article published in 2006

Resolving the overall pattern of marattialean fern phylogeny

scholarly article by Gar W. Rothwell et al published 12 July 2018 in American Journal of Botany

Seed cone anatomy of Cheirolepidiaceae (Coniferales): reinterpreting Pararaucaria patagonica Wieland

scientific article published on 4 June 2012

Solenostelopteris skogiae sp. nov. from the Lower Cretaceous of Vancouver Island

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Speirseopteris orbiculata gen. et sp. nov. (Thelypteridaceae), a Derived Fossil Filicalean from the Paleocene of Western North America

scientific article published in 2006

Stockeystrobus gen. nov. (Cupressaceae), and the evolutionary diversification of sequoioid conifer seed cones

scientific article published in 2016

Stramineopteris aureopilosus gen. et sp. nov.: Reevaluating the Role of Vegetative Anatomy in the Resolution of Leptosporangiate Fern Phylogeny

scholarly article by Stefan A. Little et al published May 2006 in International Journal of Plant Sciences

The Aquatic Angiosperm Trapago angulata from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) St. Mary River Formation of Southern Alberta

article by Ruth A. Stockey & Gar W. Rothwell published January 1997 in International Journal of Plant Sciences

The Early Phylogenetic Diversification of Cornales: Permineralized Cornalean Fruits from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Western North America

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The Role of Hydropteris pinnata gen. et. sp. nov. In Reconstructing the cladistics of Heterosporous Ferns

scientific article published in 1994

The fossil monocot Limnobiophyllum scutatum: resolving the phylogeny of Lemnaceae

scientific article published in March 1997

The seed cone Eathiestrobus gen. nov.: fossil evidence for a Jurassic origin of Pinaceae

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Todea from the Lower Cretaceous of western North America: implications for the phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of modern Osmundaceae

scientific article (publication date: March 2008)

Tracking the Initial Diversification of Asterids: Anatomically Preserved Cornalean Fruits from the Early Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of Western North America

scientific article published in 2018

Trawetsia princetonensis gen. et sp. nov. (Blechnaceae): A Permineralized Fern from the Middle Eocene Princeton Chert

scientific article published in 2006

Tree of death: The role of fossils in resolving the overall pattern of plant phylogeny

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Validation of the Names Emporiaceae, Emporia, and Emporia lockardii

scientific article (publication date: May 2003)

Validation of the Names Utrechtiaceae, Utrechtia, and Utrechtia floriniformis

scientific article (publication date: May 2003)

Wes Wehr dedication

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