Hydraulic architecture of Monstera acuminata: Evolutionary consequences of the hemiepiphytic growth form

New Phytologist

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 289-299

  Lopez Portillo J ^a   Ewers, F W ^b   Angeles, G ^a   Fisher, J B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Araceae; Climbing plants; Functional morphology; Hydraulic architecture; Monstera acuminata; Root pressure; Secondary hemiepiphytes; Xylem vessels

Indexed keywords

MONSTERA ACUMINATA;

EID: 17444435852     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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