Floral nectaries of basil (Ocimum basilicum): Morphology, anatomy and possible mode of secretion

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 636-641

  Macukanovic Jocic M P ^a   Rancic D V ^b   Dajic Stevanovic Z P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Modified stomata; Nectary structure; Ocimum basilicum

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FLORA; HERB; MORPHOLOGY; NECTARY; ONTOGENY; PHLOEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; STOMATA;

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 35348898946     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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