Floral development of Phyllanthus chekiangensis (Phyllanthaceae), with special reference to androecium and gynoecium

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 298, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1229-1238

  Zhang, Zi gang ^a,b   Meng, Ai ping ^a   Li, Jian qiang ^a   Ye, Qi gang ^a   Wang, Heng chang ^a   Endress, Peter K ^c  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Euphorbiaceae sensu lato; Floral development; Nucellar beak; Ovule; Phyllanthaceae; Phyllanthus

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIACEAE; PHYLLANTHACEAE; PHYLLANTHUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 84864378122     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-012-0629-1     Document Type: Article

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