Ontogeny of the mycoheterotrophic species Afrothismia hydra (Burmanniaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Imhof, Stephan ^a   Sainge, Moses N ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Fructification; Germination; Root morphology; Seed morphology

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; FLOWER; GERMINATION; GROWTH; HYDROCHORY; MORPHOLOGY; ROOT; SEED; SEED DISPERSAL;

AFROTHISMIA; BURMANNIACEAE; COELENTERATA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; HYDRA; LILIOPSIDA; PROPYXIDIUM;

EID: 43049098236     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00787.x     Document Type: Article

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