Surface structure and anatomical aspects of Chinese brake fern (Pteris vittata; Pteridaceae)

Brittonia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-228

  Bondada, Bhaskar ^a   Tu, Cong ^b,c   Ma, Lena ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paraphyses; Pinnae; Pteris vittata; Scanning electron microscopy; Sori; Sporangia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS CABALLUS; PTERIDACEAE; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS; PTERIS VITTATA;

EID: 33750203998     PISSN: 0007196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[217:SSAAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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