Classification and terminology of plant epicuticular waxes

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-260

  Barthlott, Wilhelm ^a   Neinhuis, Christoph ^a   Cutler, David ^b   Ditsch, Friedrich ^a   Meusel, Iris ^a   Theisen, Inge ^a   Wilhelmi, Hiltrud ^a  

^a Botanisches Inst Botanischer Garten   (Germany)

^b JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Chemistry; Crystalloids; Cuticle; Gymnosperms; Systematics; Taxonomy; U ltrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031920222     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1997.0137     Document Type: Article

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