Tansley Review No. 110: Numerical and physical properties of orchid seeds and their biological implications

New Phytologist

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 367-421

  Arditti, Joseph ^a   Ghani, Abdul Karim Abdul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dust seeds; Orchid dispersal; Orchid seeds; Orchids; Seed floatation; Seed numbers; Seed production; Seed size

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MORPHOMETRY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEED;

EID: 0034062391     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00587.x     Document Type: Review

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