Tracheids in an early vascular plant: A tale of two branches

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-130

  Edwards, Dianne ^a   Li, Cheng Sen ^b,c   Raven, John A ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conductance; Embolism; Functional anatomy; Hagen Poiseuille equation; Lower Devonian; Palaeo physiology; Permineralization; Pitting

Indexed keywords

VASCULAR PLANT;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33645014847     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00450.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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