Ultrastructure of the blepharoplast and the multilayered structure in spermatogenesis in Osmunda cinnamomea var. asiatica

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 832-842

  Cao, Jian Guo ^a   Bao, Wen Mei ^a,b   Dai, Shao Jun ^a  

^a HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blepharoplast; Multilayered structure; Osmunda cinnamomea var. asiatica; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FILICOPHYTA; OSMUNDA; OSMUNDA CINNAMOMEA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0141760481     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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