Structure and development of the elaiosome in Myrtus communis L. (Myrtaceae) seeds

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 326-331

  Ciccarelli, Daniela ^a   Andreucci, Andrea Cesare ^a   Pagni, Anna Maria ^a   Garbari, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ants; Elaiosome; Lipids; Myrmecochory; Myrtus; Proteins; Starch

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MYRMECOCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL;

FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; MYRTUS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 22144460587     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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