Flowers and inflorescences of the seagrass Posidonia (Posidoniaceae, Alismatales)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1592-1608

  Remizowa, Margarita V ^a   Sokoloff, Dmitry D ^a   Calvo, Sebastiano ^b   Tomasello, Agostino ^b   Rudall, Paula J ^c  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare   (Italy)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alismatales; Anatomy; Embryology; Flower; Inflorescence; Morphology; Ovule; Posidonia; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLOWER; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEAGRASS;

ALISMATALES; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFLORESCENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; OVULE; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

ALISMATIDAE; FERTILIZATION; INFLORESCENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; OVULE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE;

EID: 84867612783     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200227     Document Type: Article

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