Variability in fruit and seed morphology among and within populations of Plathymenia (Leguminosae - Mimosoideae) in areas of the Cerrado, the Atlantic Forest, and transitional sites

Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-119

  Figueiredo Goulart, M ^a   Pires Lemos Filho, J ^a   Lovato, M B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Cerrado; Ecotypes; Membranous endocarp; Plathymenia foliolosa; Plathymenia reticulata; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FRUIT; HISTOLOGY; LEGUME; PLANT SEED; TREE;

BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; FRUIT; SEEDS; TREES;

FABACEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE; PLATHYMENIA; PLATHYMENIA RETICULATA;

EID: 31644446173     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865964     Document Type: Article

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