The significance of the mode of clonal growth in the life history of bamboos

Plant Species Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 85-92

  Makita, Akifumi ^a,b  

^a Agency for Cultural Affairs   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bamboos; Clonal growth; Flowering habits; Regeneration process; Rhizome system

Indexed keywords

BAMBUSA; GENETTA; LEPTOPODOMORPHA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PACHYMORPHA;

EID: 0032451150     PISSN: 0913557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-1984.1998.tb00251.x     Document Type: Article

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