Pollen ontogeny in Ephedra americana (Gnetales)

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 985-997

  Doores, Allison S ^a   Osborn, Jeffrey M ^a,c   El Ghazaly, Gamal ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthophyte; Basal angiosperms; Coniferales; Ephedra americana; Gnetales; Pollen development; Pollen ontogeny

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA AMERICANA; GNETALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 35348918738     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518839     Document Type: Article

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