A comparative analysis of embryo-sac development in three closely-related Gagea species (Liliaceae), with some considerations on their reproductive strategies

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-122

  Caparelli, K ^a   Peruzzi, L ^a   Cesca, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bulbous geophytes; Embryology; Gagea; Liliaceae

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA DULCIS; FRITILLARIA (ANGIOSPERM); GAGEA; GAGEA BOHEMICA; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 33746857700     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500600756090     Document Type: Article

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