A comparative study of the seedling-juvenile and flowering stages of the life cycle in an annual and a perennial species of Senna (Leguminosae; Caesalpinioideae)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-390

  Baskin, Jerry M ^a   Nan, Xiaoying ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CASSIA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FABACEAE; SENNA; SENNA MARILANDICA; SENNA OBLUSIFOLIA; SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA;

EID: 0032966809     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0381:ACSOTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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