Eccentric growth but no compression wood in a horizontal stem of Cycas micronesica (Cycadales)

IAWA Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-382

  Fisher, Jack B ^a,b   Marler, Thomas E ^c  

^a FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Compression wood; Cycad; Cycas; Reaction wood; Tracheids; Vascular cambium

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADALES; CYCAS; CYCAS MICRONESICA;

EID: 33845361276     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90000160     Document Type: Article

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