Histochemistry of simple hairs from the foliar cavities of Azolla filiculoides

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-328

  Pereira, A L ^a,b   Carrapico F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Azolla filiculoides; Histochemistry; Lipids; Polysaccharides; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; AZOLLA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; FILICOPHYTA; HYDROPTERIDALES;

EID: 36248934214     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500701627588     Document Type: Article

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