A new type of specialized morphophysiological dormancy and seed storage behaviour in Hydatellaceae, an early-divergent angiosperm family

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1053-1061

  Tuckett, Renee E ^a,b   Merritt, David J ^a,b   Rudall, Paula J ^c   Hay, Fiona ^d,e   Hopper, Stephen D ^a,d   Baskin, Carol C ^f,g   Baskin, Jerry M ^g   Tratt, Julia ^c   Dixon, Kingsley W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Embryo; Evolution; Hydatellaceae; Morphophysiological dormancy; Seed; Trithuria austinensis; Trithuria bibracteata; Trithuria submersa

Indexed keywords

SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; WATER;

AQUATIC PLANT; DESICCATION; DIVERGENCE; EMBRYO; GERMINATION; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT EFFECT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANGIOSPERMS; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION; PLANT SHOOTS; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

HYDATELLACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRITHURIA; TRITHURIA SUBMERSA;

EID: 77952961528     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq062     Document Type: Article

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