Taxus species - Morphological and chemical variations in needles and seeds

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 615, Issue , 2003, Pages 223-231

  Dempsey, Dairine ^a   O'Flaherty, Catherine ^a   Hook, Ingrid ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cuticular n alkanes; Fatty acids; Fixed oil; Leaf sizes; Paclitaxel; Seeds; Stomatal numbers; Yew species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876142893     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.615.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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