Germination of Geonoma brevispatha (Arecaceae) in laboratory and its relation to the palm spatial distribution in a swamp forest

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-20

  Gomes, Priscila Brochado ^a   Válio, Ivany Ferraz Marques ^a   Martins, Fernando Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flooding; Geonoma brevispatha; Germination; Recalcitrant seed; Swamp forest

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GERMINATION; HABITAT; SEED; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARECACEAE; GEONOMA BREVISPATHA;

EID: 33646109081     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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