Ecophysiology of seed dormancy in the Australian endemic species Acanthocarpus preissii (Dasypogonaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1137-1144

  Turner, S R ^a,b   Merritt, D J ^a,b   Ridley, E C ^b   Commander, L E ^a,b   Baskin, J M ^c,d   Baskin, C C ^c,d   Dixon, K W ^a,b  

^a KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocarpus preissii; Dasypogonaceae; Physiological dormancy; Seed dormancy; Seed germination; Warm stratification

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GERMINATION; SEED DORMANCY; WATER UPTAKE;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACANTHOCARPUS PREISSII; DASYPOGONACEAE;

EID: 33845253377     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl203     Document Type: Article

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