Taxonomic significance of leaf surface morphology in Aloe section Pictae (Xanthorrhoeaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-428

  Grace, Olwen M ^a,b   Simmonds, Monique S J ^a   Smith, Gideon F ^b,c   Van Wyk, Abraham E ^b  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asphodelaceae; Classification; Epidermis; Guard cell; Maculate; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; STOMATA; TAXONOMY;

ALOE; ASPHODELACEAE; XANTHORRHOEACEAE;

EID: 68849101683     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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