Ecophysiological investigations on plants of the genus Plectranthus (fam. Lamiaceae) native to Yemen and southern Africa

Flora

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-408

  Herppich, Werner B ^a   Herppich, Margaretha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

C3; CAM; CAM cycling; Lamiaceae; mode of photosynthesis; Plectranthus; succulence

Indexed keywords

LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLECTRANTHUS; PLECTRANTHUS BARBATUS; PLECTRANTHUS HADIENSIS; PLECTRANTHUS MARRUBIOIDES; PLECTRANTHUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0030461881     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)33117-1     Document Type: Article

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