From systematic to ecological wood anatomy and finally plant hydraulics: Are we making progress in understanding xylem evolution?

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-15

  Jansen, Steven ^a   Nardini, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Hydraulic conductivity; Parallelism; Vessel perforation plate; Vessels; Xylem evolution

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT);

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; WATER;

EID: 84901473173     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12839     Document Type: Letter

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