Pollen morphology of selected Central European species from subgenera Vignea and Carex (Carex, Cyperaceae) and its relation to taxonomy

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 422-439

  Wronska Pilarek, Dorota ^a   Janyszek, Magdalena ^a   Jagodzinski, Andrzej M ^a,b  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF DENDROLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exine; Palynology; Sedges

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SEDGE; TAXONOMY;

CAREX; CAREX DISTICHA; CYPERACEAE;

EID: 78649424867     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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