Morphology of gametophytes and young sporophytes of Sphaeropteris lepifera

American Fern Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 127-137

  Huang, Yao Moan ^a   Ying, Shao Shun ^a   Chiou, Wen Liang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIANTUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYATHEA; DRYNARIA; FILICOPHYTA; SPHAEROPTERIS;

EID: 0038957421     PISSN: 00028444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1547489     Document Type: Article

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