Conducting tissues and phyletic relationships of bryophytes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1398, 2000, Pages 795-813

  Ligrone, R ^a   Duckett, J G ^b   Renzaglia, K S ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Food conducting cells; Hydroids; Leptoids; Sieve elements; Tracheary elements; Water conducting cells

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

SPHAGNUM; TAKAKIA;

EID: 0034729671     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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