Various microscopic methods for investigating the venuloid idioblasts of Pteris grevilleana wall

Taiwania

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 394-400

  Kao, Tzu Tong ^a   Chen, Shiang Jiuun ^a   Chiou, Wen Liang ^b   Chuang, Yi Chun ^a   Kuo Huang, Ling Long ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

EDS; False vein; Partial polarization; Pteridaceae; Pteris grevilleana; Silica body; Spicular cell; Tabletop SEM; Venuloid idioblast; Wet oxidation

Indexed keywords

PTERIDACEAE; PTERIDIUM; PTERIS;

EID: 55449108435     PISSN: 0372333X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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