The mechanism of floral heliotropism in the snow buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 983-993

  Sherry, R A ^a   Galen, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Heliotropism; Phototropism; Ranunculus adoneus; Snow buttercup; Solar tracking

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY;

RANUNCULUS ADONEUS;

EID: 0031768605     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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