Specific intercalary growth of rhizophores and roots in Selaginella kraussiana (Selaginellaceae) is related to unique dichotomous branching

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Otreba, Piotr ^a   Gola, Edyta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dichotomy; Intercalary meristem; Lower vascular plants; Rhizophore; Root; Selaginella kraussiana

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; ROOT;

RHIZOPHORA; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA KRAUSSIANA; SELAGINELLACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79951770562     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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