Biomechanics and anatomy of cladode junctions for two Opuntia (cactaceae) species and their hybrid

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 391-400

  Bobich, Edward G ^a   Nobel, Park S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cactaceae; Cladode; Cladode junction: hybrid; Libriform fibers; Opuntia: vascular tracheids; Vessel elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000162522     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657103     Document Type: Article

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