Characteristics of sun- and shade-adapted populations of an endangered plant Primulina tabacum Hance

Photosynthetica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 494-506

  Liang, K M ^a,b   Lin, Z F ^a   Ren, H ^a   Liu, N ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a   Wang, J ^a   Wang, Z F ^a   Guan, L L ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

cave microenvironment; chloroplast ultrastructure; ecophysiological trait; light adaptation; morphological structure; Primulina tabacum Hance

Indexed keywords

PRIMULINA TABACUM;

EID: 78651228129     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-010-0066-8     Document Type: Article

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