Identification and characterization of the water gap in the physically dormant seeds of Dodonaea petiolaris: A first report for Sapindaceae

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 833-844

  Turner, S R ^a,b   Cook, A ^a,c   Baskin, J M ^d   Baskin, C C ^d,e   Tuckett, R E ^a,c   Steadman, K J ^b   Dixon, K W ^a,c  

^a KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dodonaea petiolaris; Physical dormancy; Sapindaceae; Seed ecology; Seed germination; Water gap

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY; DICOTYLEDON; GERMINATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED DORMANCY; VIABILITY; WATER UPTAKE;

ARTICLE; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SAPINDACEAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GERMINATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SAPINDACEAE; SEEDS; WATER;

DIPLOPELTIS HUEGELII; DISTICHOSTEMON HISPIDULUS; DODONAEA; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 70349603065     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp171     Document Type: Article

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