The chloroplasts and unlignified parenchyma of two tropical pioneer forest tree species (urticaceae)

Botanical Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-260

  Cocoletzi, Eliezer ^a   Angeles, Guillermo ^a   Sosa, Victoria ^a   Patrón, Araceli ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Chloroplasts formation; Nonfoliar photosynthesis; Unlignified parenchyma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892523546     PISSN: 20074298     EISSN: 20074476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17129/botsci.6     Document Type: Review

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