Vegetative, reproductive, and physiological adaptations to aridity of Pitayo (stenocereus queretaroensis, cactaceae)

Economic Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-411

  Pimienta Barrios, Eulogio ^a   Nobel, Park S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aridity; Cacti; Carbohydrates; Fruit

Indexed keywords

STENOCEREUS QUERETAROENSIS;

EID: 0031674234     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02862071     Document Type: Article

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