Patterns of leaf surface wetness in some important medicinal and aromatic plants of Western Himalaya

Flora

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 349-357

  Pandey, Subedar ^a   Nagar, Pramod Kumar ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Leaf morphology; Leaf wetness; Medicinal and aromatic plants; Stomata; Trichome; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

LEAF; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; STOMATA; TRICHOME; WETTABILITY;

ASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0142027746     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0367-2530-00107     Document Type: Article

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