A comparison of paraffin and resin-based techniques used in bark anatomy

Taxon

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 841-851

  Hamann, Thomas ^a   Smets, Erik ^a,b   Lens, Frederic ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bark anatomy; Light microscopy; Macerations; Phloem; Plant systematics; Sectioning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BARK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROSCOPY; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 79959767474     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.603016     Document Type: Article

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