Developmental plasticity and biomechanics of treelets and lianas in Manihot aff. quinquepartita (Euphorbiaceae): A branch-angle climber of French Guiana

Annals of Botany

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1249-1259

  Ménard, Léa ^a,b   McKey, Doyle ^a   Rowe, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bending; Biomechanics; Branch angle climber; Developmental plasticity; French Guiana; Liana; Manihot aff. quinquepartita (Euphorbiaceae); Treelet; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; DICOTYLEDON; HOST PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; RAINFOREST; VINE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EUPHORBIA; FRENCH GUIANA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; EUPHORBIACEAE; FRENCH GUIANA;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 66249133912     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp078     Document Type: Article

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