Flower development and anatomy of Clusia valerioi, a Central American species of Clusiaceae offering floral resin

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-418

  Hochwallner, Heidrun ^a   Weber, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clusia; Clusiaceae; Flower anatomy; Flower development; Resin flowers; Stamen evolution

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; FLOWERING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

CLUSIA (ANGIOSPERM); CLUSIA VALERIOI; CLUSIACEAE;

EID: 33746380240     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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