Curling and folding of leaves of monocotyledons — a strategy for structural stiffness

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-416

  King, Marcus J ^a   Vincent, Julian F V ^a   Harris, Warwick ^b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bending; Leaf folding; Leaves; Monocotyledons; Phormium; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029863265     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.1996.10410704     Document Type: Article

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