Leaf anatomical adaptations of some halophytic and xerophytic sedges of the Punjab

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue SPL.ISS.1, 2012, Pages 159-164

  Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Nawaz, Tahira ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a   Tufail, Asma ^a   Kanwal, Hina ^a   Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, M ^a   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREX; CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS; FIMBRISTYLIS DICHOTOMA; SCHOENOPLECTUS LITORALIS;

EID: 84864110775     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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