Ecology, biogeography and pollen morphology of Bienertia cycloptera Bunge ex Boiss. (Chenopodiaceae), an enigmatic C4 plant without Kranz anatomy

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-178

  Akhani, H ^a   Ghobadnejhad, M ^a   Hashemi, S M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Borszczowia; C4 photosynthesis; Chenopodiaceae; Flora of Iran; Geobotany of Central Asia; Halopeplis; Halophytes; Phylogeny; Pollen morphology; Salicornia; Suaeda

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HALOPHYTE; POLLEN; SOIL PROPERTY;

ASIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; BIENERTIA CYCLOPTERA; BORSZCZOWIA; BORSZCZOWIA ARALOCASPICA; CLIMACOPTERA; HALOPEPLIS; IRANIA; PHYSOPHORA; SALICORNIA; SUAEDA; SUAEDA PHYSOPHORA;

EID: 0038038005     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40724     Document Type: Article

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