Purity of the sacred lotus, or escape from contamination in biological surfaces

Planta

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Barthlott, W ^a   Neinhuis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination (plant surface); Cuticle; Effect; Epicuticular wax; Lotus; Nelumbo; Wettability (plant surface)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030996119     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050096     Document Type: Article

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