Mineral nutrition and heterotrophy in the water conservative holoparasite Hydnora Thunb. (Hydnoraceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 802-810

  Bolin, Jay F ^a   Tennakoon, Kushan U ^b   Maass, Erika ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Euphorbia; Parasitic plant; Solute uptake; Stable isotopes; Transdermal water loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HETEROTROPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITIC PLANT; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SOLUTE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSPIRATION;

MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EUPHORBIA; HYDNORA; HYDNORACEAE; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 78649900937     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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