Double fertilization in Gnetum gnemon (Gnetaceae): Its bearing on the evolution of sexual reproduction within the gnetales and the anthophyte clade

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 767-780

  Carmichael, Jeffrey S ^a   Friedman, William E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Double fertilization; Evolution; Female gametophyte; Gnetales; Gnetum

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; EPHEDRA; GNETALES; GNETUM; GNETUM GNEMON; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; WELWITSCHIA;

EID: 3242831981     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2445854     Document Type: Article

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