Comparative development of rare cases of a polycarpellate gynoecium in an otherwise monocarpellate family, Leguminosae

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 572-586

  Paulino, Juliana Villela ^a   Prenner, Gerhard ^b   Mansano, Vidal Freitas ^c   Teixeira, Simone Pádua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fabaceae; Fl oral development; Gynoecium; Leguminosae; Multicarpelly; Ontogeny; Polycarpelly

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LEGUME; POLYANDRY; POPULATION GENETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMMETRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FABACEAE; FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84898742041     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300355     Document Type: Article

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