Bizonoplast, a unique chloroplast in the epidermal cells of microphylls in the shade plant Selaginella erythropus (Selaginellaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1922-1929

  Sheue, Chiou Rong ^a   Sarafis, Vassilios ^b,c,d,e   Kiew, Ruth ^f   Liu, Ho Yih ^g   Salino, Alexandre ^h   Kuo Huang, Ling Long ⁱ   Yang, Yuen Po ^g   Tsai, Chi Chu ^j   Lin, Chun Hung ^k   Yong, Jean W H ^l   Ku, Maurice S B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^g NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

ⁱ NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^k Major Instruments Co   (Taiwan)

^l NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

Bizonoplast; Chloroplast; Iridescence; Iridoplast; Selaginella; Shade plant; Structure; Thylakoid stacking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPLAST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FERN; FITNESS; SHADE TOLERANCE;

SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA ERYTHROPUS; SELAGINELLACEAE; SELAGINELLALES;

EID: 37549016424     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.94.12.1922     Document Type: Article

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