Stem anatomical characteristics of the climbing palm Desmoncus orthacanthos (Arecaceae) under two natural growth conditions in a tropical forest

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 937-949

  Quiroz, Joaquín ^a   Orellana, Roger ^a   Canto, Gabriel ^a   Rebollar, Silvia ^b   Herrera Franco, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climbing palms; Desmoncus orthacanthos; Growth conditions; Stem anatomy

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT STEM; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ARECACEAE; PLANT STEMS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ARECACEAE; ARECOIDEAE; BACTRIDINAE; CALAMUS ROTANG; DESMONCUS; DESMONCUS ORTHACANTHOS;

EID: 51449091748     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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