Pigment distribution and epidermal cell shape in Dendrobium species and hybrids

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 573-577

  Mudalige, Rasika G ^a   Kuehnle, Adelheid R ^a   Amore, Teresita D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrobium; Epidermal cell shape; Flower color; Orchid; Orchidaceae; Petal texture; Pigment distribution

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PIGMENTS; TEXTURES;

EPIDERMAL CELLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DENDROBIUM; ORCHIDACEAE; VENTRIDENS SUPPRESSUS;

EID: 0043129026     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.4.573     Document Type: Article

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