Embryology, cytology and systematics of Hemiphylacus, Asparagus and Anemarrhena (Asparagales)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 181-199

  Rudall, Paula J ^a   Engleman, E Mark ^b   Hanson, Lynda ^a   Chase, Mark W ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anemarrhenaceae; Anemerrhena; Asparagaceae; Asparagales; Asparagu s; Chromosome number; Embryology; Hemiphylacus; Karyotype; O vule; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; KARYOTYPE; SYSTEMATICS;

AGAVACEAE; ANEMARRHENA; ASPARAGACEAE; ASPARAGALES; ASPARAGUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEMIPHYLACUS;

EID: 0031875323     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00985358     Document Type: Article

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