Development and ultrastructure of the megagametophyte in Passiflora caerulea L. (Passifloraceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-81

  Amela Garcia M T ^a   Galati, B G ^b   Anton, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Female gametophyte; Fertilization; Megagametogenesis; Megasporogenesis; Synergids

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PASSIFLORA; PASSIFLORA CAERULEA; PASSIFLORA EDULIS; PASSIFLORACEAE; POLYGONUM;

EID: 0038518556     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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