An SEM survey of the leaf epidermis in danthonioid grasses (Poaceae: Danthonioideae)

Systematic Botany

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-70

  Reimer, Elizabeth ^a   Cota Sánchez, J Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Danthonioideae; Epidermal characters; Macrohairs; Microhairs; Prickle hairs; Silica bodies

Indexed keywords

AUSTRODANTHONIA; CORTADERIA; DANTHONIA; DANTHONIOIDEAE; MERXMUELLERA; NOTODANTHONIA; POACEAE; RYTIDOSPERMA; TRIBOLIUM (GRASS);

EID: 34147110209     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364407780360139     Document Type: Article

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