A feeling for the superorganism: Expression of plant form in the lichen thallus

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-99

  Sanders, William B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algae; Blastozone; Branching; Development; Endosymbiosis; Fungi; Meristem; Morphogenesis; Plant morphology; Pseudomeristem; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

LICHEN; MORPHOGENESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI;

EID: 33645010656     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00497.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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