Taxonomic value of seed characters in orchids from Turkey

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-139

  Aytaş Akçin, Tülay ^a   Ozdener, Yasemin ^a   Akçin, Adnan ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Orchids; Scanning electron microscope; Seed morphometry; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DACTYLORHIZA IBERICA; LIMODORUM ABORTIVUM; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 77952359811     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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