Presence of paratracheal water storage tissue does not alter vessel characters in cactus wood

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 815-822

  Mauseth, James D ^a   Plemons Rodriguez, Brandon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Cactus; Evolution; Vessel; Water stress; Wood

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE;

EID: 0030843187     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445817     Document Type: Article

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