Anatomical adaptations of four Crassula species to water availability

Bioscience Horizons

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-22

  Jones, Lisa Anne ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; anatomy; Crassula; succulence; water availability; xerophyte

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868628241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17547431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biohorizons/hzr002     Document Type: Article

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