Embryology of a Himalayan glasshouse plant, Rheum nobile Hook.f. & Thoms. (Polygonaceae)

Journal of Japanese Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-151

  Omori, Yuji ^a   Ohba, Hideaki ^b  

^a Yokosuka City Museum   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine plant; Embryology; Glasshouse plant; Polygonaceae; Rheum nobile

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM; RHEUM; RHEUM NOBILE; RHEUM PALMATUM; RHEUM X CULTORUM;

EID: 0037804598     PISSN: 00222062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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