Responses of leaf anatomy to light environment in the tree fern Cyathea caracasana (Cyatheaceae) and its application to some ancient seed ferns

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-94

  Arens, Nan Crystal ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALETHOPTERIS; CYATHEA; CYATHEA CARACASANA; CYATHEACEAE; FILICOPHYTA; HYPODERRIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEUROPTERIS;

CYATHEA CARACASANA; CYATHEACEAE; LEAF ANATOMY; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; PALAEOECOLOGY; SEED FERN; TREE FERN;

COLOMBIA, NARINO, RESERVA NATURAL LA PLANADA;

EID: 0031452621     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515296     Document Type: Article

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