The taxonomic significance of leaf anatomical characters in Cussonia and related genera (Araliaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-263

  De Villiers, Bernard J ^a   Tilney, Patricia M ^a   Van Wyk, Ben Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cussonia subgenus Paniculata; Cussonia subgenus Protocussonia; Lamina; Petiole; Petiolule; Schefflera; Seemannaralia gerrardii; Subepidermal collenchyma; Trichomes; Vascular bundles

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARALIACEAE; CUSSONIA; SCHEFFLERA; SEEMANNARALIA; SEEMANNARALIA GERRARDII;

EID: 78049483758     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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