A tree without leaves

Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud (1) , Anne-Laure Decombeix (1)

1 UMR AMAP - Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations

The puzzle presented by the famous stumps of Gilboa, New York, finds a solution in the discovery of two fossil specimens that allow the entire structure of these early trees to be reconstructed.

Mots clés: Early forest; Paleobotany; Middle Devonian; Gilboa tree; Tree

Domaines: Biologie végétale; Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Biodiversité et Ecologie

Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud, Anne-Laure Decombeix. A tree without leaves. Nature, 2007, 446 (7138), pp.861-862. ⟨10.1038/446861a⟩. ⟨hal-00142573⟩