Anatomy of Echinodorus (Alismataceae) scapes from northeastern Brazil as applied to taxonomy

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-21

  Matias, L Q ^a   Soares, A ^a   Scatena, V L ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Bolsista CNPq ^*

Author keywords

Alismataceae; Aquatic plants; Echinodorus; Scape anatomy

Indexed keywords

ALISMATACEAE; ECHINODORUS;

EID: 39849083329     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: 14740036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960428608004794     Document Type: Article

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