Following the initiation and development of individual leaf primordia at the level of the shoot apical meristem: The case of distichous phyllotaxis in Begonia

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 555-560

  Barabé, Denis ^a   Lacroix, Christian ^b   Jeune, Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Begonia; Development; Leaf primordia; Models; Phyllotaxis; Shoot apex

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; REAL TIME; SHOOT GROWTH;

BEGONIA;

ANAGALLIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BEGONIACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANAGALLIS; BEGONIACEAE; BODY PATTERNING; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS;

EID: 34247857442     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl286     Document Type: Article

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