Anatomy and photosynthetic parameters of roots and leaves of two shade-adapted orchids, Dichaea cogniauxiana Shltr. and Epidendrum secundum Jacq.

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 204, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 604-611

  Moreira, Ana Sílvia Franco Pinheiro ^a   de Lemos Filho, José Pires ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^b   dos Santos Isaias, Rosy Mary ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAM; Epiphyte; Fv Fm; Non foliar photosynthesis; Orchidaceae; Root anatomy

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ANATOMY; CHLOROPLAST; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF; METABOLISM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROOT;

CRASSULACEAE; DICHAEA; EPIDENDRUM; EPIDENDRUM SECUNDUM; ORCHIDACEAE; VELAMEN;

EID: 70149109154     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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