Racemose inflorescences of monocots: Structural and morphogenetic interaction at the flower/inflorescence level

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1553-1566

  Remizowa, Margarita V ^a   Rudall, Paula J ^b   Choob, Vladimir V ^a   Sokoloff, Dmitry D ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bracteole; Flower; Flower subtending bract; Inflorescence; Inhibitory field; Pattern formation; Prophyll; Regulation of development; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIVERGENCE; FLOWER; INHIBITOR; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY;

ANGIOSPERM; BRACTEOLE; FLOWER; FLOWER-SUBTENDING BRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFLORESCENCE; INHIBITORY FIELD; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; PATTERN FORMATION; PROPHYLL; REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT); VASCULARIZATION;

BRACTEOLE; FLOWER; FLOWER-SUBTENDING BRACT; INFLORESCENCE; INHIBITORY FIELD; PATTERN FORMATION; PROPHYLL; REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENT; VASCULATURE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BODY PATTERNING; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE;

EID: 84882693196     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs246     Document Type: Review

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