Cytogenetics of Brazilian species of Bromeliaceae

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 189-193

  De Oliveira Ceita, Geruza ^a   De Aquino Assis, José Geraldo ^a   Guedes, Maria Lenise Silva ^a   Cotias De Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Pires ^a  

^a Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aechmea; Alcantarea; Chromosome numbers; Cryptanthus; Dysploidy; Hohenbergia; Neoregelia; Nidularium; Polyploidy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; CYTOGENETICS; MONOCOTYLEDON; POLYPLOIDY; TAXONOMY;

AECHMEA; ALCANTAREA; ALCANTAREA IMPERIALIS; BROMELIACEAE; CRYPTANTHUS; HOHENBERGIA; NEOREGELIA; NIDULARIUM; NIDULARIUM INNOCENTII;

EID: 51249109692     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2008.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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