Embryological features of Tofieldia glutinosa and their bearing on the early diversification of monocotyledonous plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-182

  Holloway, Samuel J ^a   Friedman, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alismatales; Antipodals; Development; Embryology; Endosperm; Female gametophyte; Monocots; Tofieldia; Tofieldiaceae

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COMMON ANCESTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIVERGENCE; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMETOPHYTE; HERB; HISTOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; SPORE;

ALISMATIDAE; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALISMATIDAE; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; OOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY;

ACORUS; ALISMATALES; ARACEAE; LILIOPSIDA; LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NYMPHAEACEAE; POLYGONUM; TOFIELDIA; TOFIELDIA GLUTINOSA; TOFIELDIACEAE;

EID: 47649130842     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn084     Document Type: Article

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