Seed morphology of Iranian annual species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae)

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-234

  Pahlevani, Amir Hossein ^a   Akhani, Hossein ^b  

^a IRANIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chamaesyce; Identification key; Invasive plants; Iranian flora; Micromorphology; Phylogeny; SEM; South west Asian flora; Weeds

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEED; STEREO IMAGE; WEED CONTROL;

IRAN;

CHAMAESYCE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 80052785424     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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