Two-hundred-year seed survival of Leucospermum and two other woody species from the Cape Floristic region, South Africa

Seed Science Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Daws, Matthew I ^a   Davies, Jennifer ^a   Vaes, Elly ^a   Van Gelder, Roelof ^b,c   Pritchard, Hugh W ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES   (United Kingdom)

^c NRC Handelsblad   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fabaceae; Leucospermum; Longevity; Proteaceae; Seed storage

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; FABACEAE; LEUCOSPERMUM; LIPARIA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 34250374533     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960258507707638     Document Type: Article

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