The micromorphology of pit membranes in tracheary elements of Ericales: New records of tori or pseudo-tori?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 943-951

  Rabaey, David ^a   Lens, Frederic ^a,b   Smets, Erik ^a,b   Jansen, Steven ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ericaceae; Ericales; Oleaceae; Pit membrane; Plasmodesmata; Pseudo torus; Torus; Tracheary elements

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; MEMBRANE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; ERICACEAE; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ERICACEAE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ERICACEAE; ERICALES; OLEACEAE; OSMANTHUS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 33750484968     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl183     Document Type: Article

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