Progenesis as an adaptive strategy in the annual fern Ceratopteris thalictroides in Japan

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 225-232

  Masuyama, Shigeo ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adaptive strategy; Ceratopteris thalictroides; day length; fern; progenesis

Indexed keywords

CERATOPTERIS THALICTROIDES; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0030438521     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1996.tb00149.x     Document Type: Article

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