A new species of Bienertia (Chenopodiaceae) from Iranian salt deserts: A third species of the genus and discovery of a fourth terrestrial C4 plant without Kranz anatomy

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 550-559

  Akhani, H ^a   Chatrenoor, T ^a   Dehghani, M ^a   Khoshravesh, R ^a   Mahdavi, P ^a   Matinzadeh, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

13C value; C4 photosynthetic pathway; cytology; endemism; Halophytes; SW Asian flora

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHACEAE; BIENERTIA; COTYLEDON (GENUS); SALSOLA;

EID: 84866439865     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.662921     Document Type: Article

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