Fruit and seed structural characteristics and seed dispersal in Mercurialis Annua L. (Euphorbiaceae)

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 379-386

  Lisci, Marcello ^a   Pacini, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ants; Autochory; Caruncle; Mercurialis annua; Myrmecochory; Seed

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; MALPIGHIA; MERCURIALIS ANNUA;

EID: 0031350930     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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