Pollen tube growth in association with a dry-type stigmatic transmitting tissue and extragynoecial compitum in the basal angiosperm Kadsura longipedunculata (Schisandraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1170-1182

  Lyew, Joelle ^a   Li, Ziru ^a   Liang Chen, Yuan ^b   Luo, Yi Bo ^b   Sage, Tammy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Dry type stigma; Extracellular matrix; Extragynoecial compitum; Schisandraceae; Transmitting tissue

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN; SEED;

KADSURA; KADSURA LONGIPEDUNCULATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SCHISANDRACEAE;

EID: 34447323602     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.7.1170     Document Type: Article

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