Water relations of tropical dry forest flowers: Pathways for water entry and the role of extracellular polysaccharides

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 623-630

  Chapotin, Saharah Moon ^a   Holbrook, N M ^a   Morse, S R ^b   Gutierrez M V ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Policy and Design   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Cochlospermum vitifolium; Flower water relations; Luehea speciosa; Mucilage; Phloem; Tabebuia rosea; Water potential; Water storage; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; FLOWER; MUCILAGE; POLYSACCHARIDE; WATER RELATIONS;

COCHLOSPERMUM VITIFOLIUM; LUEHEA SPECIOSA; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

EID: 0037396913     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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