Taxonomic significance of scanning electron microscopic study of oospore wall ornamentations in charophyceae

Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-432

  Mandal, Dilip Kumar ^a   Ray, Samit ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chara; Charophyceae; Nitella; Oospore wall ornamentation; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010417756     PISSN: 00319449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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