The changing window of conditions that promotes germination of two fire ephemerals, Actinotus leucocephalus (Apiaceae) and Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1225-1236

  Baker, K S ^a,b   Steadman, K J ^a,c   Plummer, J A ^a   Merritt, D J ^d   Dixon, K W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Alice Springs Herbarium   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinotus leucocephalus; Dormancy cycling; Fire ephemeral; Germination stimulants; Scarification; Smoke water; Soil burial; Storage temperature; Tersonia cyathiflora

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FIRE; GERMINATION; SEED BURIAL; SEED DORMANCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERM; APIALES; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FIRE; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOSPERMS; APIACEAE; ECOLOGY; FIRES; GERMINATION; SEASONS; SEEDS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ACTINOTUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; APIACEAE; APIALES; GYROSTEMONACEAE; TERSONIA CYATHIFLORA;

EID: 27944506012     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mci274     Document Type: Article

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