Silica bodies and hooked papillae in lemmas of Melica species (Gramineae: Pooideae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 447-463

  Mejia Saules, Teresa ^a   Bisby, Frank A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Bromelica; Grasses; Hooks; Macro hairs; Meliceae; Micropapillae; Phenetic analyses; Poaceae; Prickles

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

MELICA; MELICEAE; POACEAE; POOIDEAE;

EID: 0037391650     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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