Comparative morphology of seeds of four closely related species of Aristolochia subgenus Siphisia (Aristolochiaceae, Piperales)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-436

  Adams, Christopher A ^a,b   Baskin, Jerry M ^a   Baskin, Carol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Shorter College   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo length:seed length ratio; Seed evolution; Seed size; Underdeveloped embryos; Woody vines

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; MORPHOLOGY; SEED SIZE;

ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA CALIFORNICA; ARISTOLOCHIA MACROPHYLLA; ARISTOLOCHIA TOMENTOSA; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; PIPERALES;

EID: 20444432166     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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