Occurrence of physical dormancy in seeds of Australian Sapindaceae: A survey of 14 species in nine genera

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1349-1362

  Cook, A ^a,b   Turner, S R ^b,c   Baskin, J M ^d   Baskin, C C ^d,e   Steadman, K J ^c   Dixon, K W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dodonaea spp.; Physical dormancy; Sapindaceae; Seed ecology; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANGIOSPERM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; IMBIBITION; SEED DORMANCY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SAPINDACEAE; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

GERMINATION; SAPINDACEAE; SEEDS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

DIPLOPELTIS; DISTICHOSTEMON; DISTICHOSTEMON HISPIDULUS; DODONAEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 44649201109     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn043     Document Type: Article

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