Stigma Diversity in Tropical Legumes with Considerations on Stigma Classification

Botanical Review

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-29

  Costa, Marina Fernanda Bortolin ^a,b   Paulino, Juliana Villela ^b   Marinho, Cristina Ribeiro ^a,b   Leite, Viviane Gonçalves ^b   Pedersoli, Giseli Donizete ^b   Teixeira, Simone Pádua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cuticle; Exudate; Flower; Leguminosae; Morphology

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84894267925     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-014-9131-5     Document Type: Article

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