Structural attributes of the hypogeous holoparasite Hydnora triceps Drège & Meyer (Hydnoraceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1439-1449

  Tennakoon, Kushan U ^a,b   Bolin, Jay F ^b   Musselman, Lytton J ^b   Maass, Erika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Haustoria; Holoparasite; Homeosis; Hydnora; Hydnoraceae; Parasitic plants

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; ENDOPHYTE; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PHLOEM; RHIZOME; XYLEM;

HYDNORA; HYDNORACEAE; PIPERALES;

EID: 34548605852     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.9.1439     Document Type: Article

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