Clonal integration supports the expansion from terrestrial to aquatic environments of the amphibious stoloniferous herb Alternanthera philoxeroides

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-489

  Wang, N ^a,b   Yu, F H ^a   Li, P X ^a   He, W M ^a   Liu, J ^a,c   Yu, G L ^a   Song, Y B ^a   Dong, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b JINGGANGSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alien invasive plant; Alligator weed; Amphibious plants; Physiological integration; Resource sharing; Stolon severing; Submergence

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CLONE; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; REPRODUCTION; WEED;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTION; SOIL;

AMARANTHACEAE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; WATER;

ALLIGATOR; ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 64349113992     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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