The function of the aerenchyma in arborescent lycopsids: Evidence of an unfamiliar metabolic strategy

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1692, 2010, Pages 2257-2267

  Green, W A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Aquatic CAM; Arborescent lycopsids; Metabolic pathways; Parichnos

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ARBOREAL SPECIES; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIFEROUS; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMIAN; SWAMP;

ISOETACEAE; ISOETALES; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 77956467595     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0224     Document Type: Review

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