An Ultrastructural Study of Microspore Wall Morphogenesis in Selaginella tamariscina (Beauv.) Spring (Selaginellaceae)

Journal of Japanese Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 344-352

  Uehara, Koichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exospore; Microspore; Perispore; Selaginella tamariscina; Sporoderm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347877356     PISSN: 00222062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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