Xylem heterochrony: An unappreciated key to angiosperm origin and diversifications

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-65

  Carlquist, Sherwin ^a  

^a SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal angiosperms; Gene action; Juvenilism; Monocots; Monopodial growth; Neoteny; Paedomorphosis; Progenesis; Sympodial growth; Xylem evolution

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); HISTOLOGY; JUVENILE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PEDOMORPHOSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; XYLEM;

LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RANUNCULALES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 70350169744     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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