Pollen morphology of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) and its relation to systematics

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-390

  Schols, Peter ^a   Furness, Carol A ^b   Wilkin, Paul ^b   Smets, Erik ^a   Cielen, Veerle ^a   Huysmans, Suzy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Orbicules; Pollen aperture; Pollen ultrastructure; Sectional classification; Sexine ornamentation

Indexed keywords

POLLEN;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE;

EID: 0346361721     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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