Morphology, development and homologies of the perianth and floral nectaries in Croton and Astraea (Euphorbiaceae-Malpighiales)

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-14

  De Paula, Orlando Cavalari ^a   das Sajo, Maria Graças ^a   Prenner, Gerhard ^b   Cordeiro, Inês ^c   Rudall, Paula J ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crotoneae; Euphorbiaceae; Flowers; Inaperturate crotonoids; Nectary evolution; Obdiplostemony; Petals; Staminodes

Indexed keywords

CROTON; CROTONEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MALPIGHIALES;

EID: 79952040383     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-010-0388-9     Document Type: Article

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