Leaf trichome morphology and density in West African Trema spp. (Ulmaceae: Celtidoideae)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-39

  St Laurent, Luc ^a   Baum, Bernard R ^b   Akpagana, Koffi ^c   Arnason, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

Author keywords

Density; Leaf trichomes; Morphology; Trema spp.; Ulmaceae; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CELL DENSITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHOME; WEST AFRICA;

TREMA; TREMA AFRICANA; TREMA NITENS; TREMA ORIENTALIS; ULMACEAE;

EID: 0034036552     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-78-1-34     Document Type: Article

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