Seed type and seed size variation in the heteromorphic saltmarsh annual Spergularia salina along the Coast of Sweden

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 585-593

  Telenius, A ^a   Torstensson, P ^b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Halophyte; Population variation; Seed heteromorphism; Seed wings

Indexed keywords

SEED; SEED SIZE;

SWEDEN;

SALINA; SPERGULARIA SALINA;

EID: 0032721837     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00788.x     Document Type: Article

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