Elaiophores in Gomesa bifolia (Sims) M.W. Chase & N.H. Williams (Oncidiinae: Cymbidieae: Orchidaceae): Structure and oil secretion

Annals of Botany

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1141-1149

  Aliscioni, Sandra S ^a,b   Torretta, Juan P ^a,b   Bello, Mariano E ^a   Galati, Beatriz G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Elaiophore; Gomesa bifolia; Micromorphology; Oil secretion; Oncidiinae; Orchidaceae; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

ANATOMY; CUTICLE; CYTOPLASM; HERB; LIPID; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; OIL; PLASTID; SECRETION; STARCH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORCHIDACEAE; PLANT OILS; PLANT STRUCTURES;

CYMBIDIEAE; GOMESA; ONCIDIINAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 70350514709     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcp199     Document Type: Article

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