The anatomy of lotus fibers found in petioles of Nelumbo nucifera

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Pan, Ying ^a   Han, Guangting ^a,b,c   Mao, Zhiping ^a   Zhang, Yuanming ^b,c   Huang, Jiancheng ^b   Qu, Lijun ^b,c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Materials and Modern Textile   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lotus petiole; Natural cellulose fiber; Primitive vessel element; Secondary thickening

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AQUATIC PLANT; CELLULOSE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LEGUME; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 79960004932     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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