Morphology and ultrastructure of orbicules in the subfamily Ixoroideae (Rubiaceae)

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 151-174

  Vinckier, Stefan ^a   Huysmans, Suzy ^a   Smets, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ixoroideae; Rubiaceae; Typology; Ubisch bodies

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; TAXONOMY;

IXORA; IXOROIDEAE; RUBIACEAE; TARENNA;

EID: 0034085716     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00036-6     Document Type: Article

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