Propagation mechanisms in Agave macroacantha (Agavaceae), a tropical arid-land succulent rosette

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 632-641

  Arizaga, Santiago ^a   Ezcurra, Exequiel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agavaceae; Agave macroacantha; Bulbil; Seedling establishment; Sexual reproduction; Shoot; Survivorship curves; Vegetative propagation

Indexed keywords

SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORSHIP; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

MEXICO; PUEBLA STATE; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE MACROACANTHA;

EID: 0036233307     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.4.632     Document Type: Article

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