Seed coat anatomy and its relationship to seed dispersal in subfamily Lecythidoideae of the Lecythidaceae (The Brazil Nut Family)

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-56

  Tsou, Chih Hua ^a   Mori, Scott A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil nut family; Lecythidaceae; Lecythidoideae; Planchonioideae; Seed coat anatomy; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOMA LINEATA; CARINIANA; CORYTHOPHORA; COURATARI; COUROUPITA GUIANENSIS; ESCHWEILERA OVALIFOLIA; LECYTHIS;

EID: 0036338729     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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