Comparative developmental series of the Mexican triurids support a euanthial interpretation for the unusual reproductive axes of Lacandonia schismatica (Triuridaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-35

  Ambrose, Barbara A ^a,b   Espinosa Matías, Silvia ^c   Vázquez Santana, Sonia ^c   Vergara Silva, Francisco ^a,d,e   Martínez, Esteban ^f   Márquez Guzmán, Judith ^c   Alvarez Buylla, Elena R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Flower development; Homeosis; Lacandon Forest (Chiapas, Mexico); Lacandonia; Lacandoniaceae; Mycoheterotrophs; Pseudanthia; Triuridaceae

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLOWER;

LACANDONIA; LACANDONIA SCHISMATICA; LILIOPSIDA; TRIURIDACEAE; TRIURIS BREVISTYLIS;

EID: 31944448303     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.93.1.15     Document Type: Article

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