Seedcoat micromorphology of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from China

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-208

  Song, Yi ^a   Yuan, Yong Ming ^a,b   Küpfer, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution; Seeds; SEM; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SEED; TAXONOMY;

BALSAMINACEAE; IMPATIENS;

EID: 26844497902     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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