Effect of anatomical structure on the buoyancy of achenes of two subspecies of Bolboschoenus maritimus

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-390

  Hroudová, Zdenka ^a   Moravcová, Lenka ^a   Zákravský, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Fruit anatomy; Hydrochory; Pericarp; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS; SCIRPUS;

EID: 0000774683     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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