Systematic implications of wood and bark anatomy in the Pacific Island genus Meryta (Araliaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-379

  Oskolski, Alexei A ^a   Kotina, Ekaterina L ^a   Fomichev, Ivan V ^b   Tronchet, Frederic ^c   Lowry II, Porter P ^c,d  

^a KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Perforation plates; Phylogeny; Sclereids; Secondary phloem

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; BARK; PHLOEM; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; WOOD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARALIACEAE; MERYTA; MERYTA SINCLAIRII; MERYTA TENUIFOLIA; SCHEFFLERA;

EID: 33847339364     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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