The micromorphologies of seed coats and petal trichomes of the taxa of Viola subsect. Boreali-Americanae (Violaceae) and their utility in discerning orthospecies from hybrids

Brittonia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-121

  Gil Ad, Nir L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boreali Americanae; Petal trichomes; Seed coat; SEM; Subsect; Viola

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MACROMORPHOLOGY; MEXICO; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; ORTHOSPECIES; PETAL TRICHOME; PHYTOGEOGRAPHICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED COAT;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VIOLA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 0031978128     PISSN: 0007196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2807722     Document Type: Article

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