Pollen morphology of some species of the Family Asteraceae from the Alpine Zone, Deosai Plateau, northern Pakistan

Palynology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-195

  Ahmad, Mushtaq ^a   Bano, Abida ^a   Zafar, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Mir Ajab ^a   Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal ^a   Sultana, Shazia ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Alpine Zone; Asteraceae; Deosai Plateau; Pakistan; pollen morphology

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANGIOSPERM; FERTILITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLLEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

PAKISTAN;

ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE; TANACETUM; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 84888432361     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2012.758920     Document Type: Article

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