Flower morphology and biology of Myrsine laetevirens, structural and evolutionary implications of anemophily in Myrsinaceae

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-85

  Otegui, Marisa ^a   Cocucci, Andrea ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LARA; MYRSINACEAE; MYRSINE; MYRSINE LAETEVIRENS;

EID: 0032918991     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01904.x     Document Type: Article

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