Morphological variation of intervessel pit membranes and implications to xylem function in angiosperms

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 409-419

  Jansen, Steven ^a   Choat, Brendan ^b   Pletsers, Annelies ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bordered pit; Cavitation; Embolism; Hardwoods; Pit membrane; Vessel element; Wood anatomy; Xylem

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CAVITATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MEMBRANE; XYLEM;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 60249101063     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800248     Document Type: Article

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