Intraspecific variation of capparis spinosa L. in Tunisia

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Saadaoui, Ezzeddine ^a   Khaldi, Abdelhamid ^a   Khouja, Mohamed Larbi ^a   Mohamed, El Gazzah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Caper; Inermis; Medicinal plant; Prickly; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HOMOGENEITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; SHRUB;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CAPPARIS; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CREEPING PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; STAMEN; TUNISIA;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

CAPPARIS SPINOSA;

EID: 67651122940     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496470902787444     Document Type: Article

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