Vestured pits: A diagnostic character in the secondary xylem of myrtales

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 328-339

  Jansen, S ^a   Pletsers, A ^a   Rabaey, D ^b   Lens, F ^b  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bordered pits; Light microscopy; Myrtales; Scanning electron microscopy; Tracheary elements; Vestures; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BORDERED PITS; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; MYRTALES; TRACHEARY ELEMENTS; VESTURES; WOOD ANATOMY;

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; DICOTYLEDON; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIMBER; WOOD; XYLEM;

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERMS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HYDRAULICS; SAFETY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WOOD; XYLEM;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTALES;

EID: 55849114899     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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