Tiny but complex foliage leaves occur in many "leafless" cacti (Cactaceae)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 845-853

  Mauseth, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cacti; Leaf development; Leaf evolution; Shoot apex

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; CHLOROPLAST; DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTION; FOLIAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; LEAF; MORPHOGENESIS; SHOOT; STOMATA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CACTACEAE; CACTOIDEAE;

EID: 34547126464     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518273     Document Type: Article

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