Megasporogenesis and embryogenesis in three sympatric Posidonia seagrass species

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Ma, Guohua ^a   Zhang, Xinhua ^a   Bunn, Eric ^b,c   Dixon, Kingsley ^b,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Megasporogenesis; Microsporogenesis; Posidonia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FLOWER; SEAGRASS; SPORE; SYMPATRY;

POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA CORIACEA; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 84862815277     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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