Morphologies and elemental compositions of calcium crystals in phyllodes and branchlets of Acacia robeorum (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 887-896

  He, Honghua ^a   Bleby, Timothy M ^a   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a   Kuo, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acacia robeorum; biomineralization; calcium oxalate; calcium sulfate; crystal sand; druses; Leguminosae; magnesium oxalate; Mimosoideae; prisms; raphides; styloids

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; OXALIC ACID;

ALUMINUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CRYSTAL; DESERT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY; PLANT DEFENSE; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SILICA; SULFUR; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACACIA; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MESOPHYLL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXALIC ACID; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; FABACEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE; PHYLLODES;

EID: 84859179789     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs004     Document Type: Article

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