Ecological physiology of Pereskia guamacho, a cactus with leaves

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-256

  Edwards, Erika J ^a   Diaz, Miriam ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; CAM photosynthesis; Huber value; Hydraulic conductivity; Physiological evolution; Water relations; Xylem vulnerability curve

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

CACTUS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LEAF; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER RELATIONS; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; VENEZUELA;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CACTACEAE; CARBON; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; VENEZUELA; WATER;

CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; PERESKIA; PERESKIA GUAMACHO;

EID: 33645088414     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01417.x     Document Type: Article

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