Pistil anatomy and pollen tube development in Polygala vayredae Costa (Polygalaceae)

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-416

  Castro, S ^a,b,c   Silva, S ^b   Stanescu, I ^c   Silveira, P ^b   Navarro, L ^c   Santos, C ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exudates; Hollow style; Pollen tube development; Pollen pistil interaction; Stigmatic papillae; Stylar channel; Style anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GERMINATION; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; POLYGALACEAE; REPRODUCTION;

FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; POLYGALA; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS;

POLYGALA; POLYGALACEAE;

EID: 64349093951     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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