Development of sterile ovules on bisexual cones of Gnetum gnemon (Gnetaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1326-1330

  Haycraft, Courtney J ^a   Carmichael, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; DAPI; Densitometry; Diploidy; Gnetales; Gnetum; Megagametophyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346507839     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558344     Document Type: Article

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