Latitudinal differences in coconut foliar spiral direction: A re-evaluation and hypothesis

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-140

  Minorsky, Peter V ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; Coconut palm; Cocos nucifera; Foliar spiral; Magnetic latitude; Phyllotaxis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031903583     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0651     Document Type: Article

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