Photosynthetic pathways in Bromeliaceae: Phylogenetic and ecological significance of CAM and C3 based on carbon isotope ratios for 1893 species

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 169-221

  Crayn, Darren M ^a   Winter, Klaus ^b   Schulte, Katharina ^a   Smith, J Andrew C ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ecophysiology; Epiphytism; Neotropics; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EPIPHYTE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANDROLEPIS; BROMELIACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; DEINACANTHON; DEUTEROCOHNIA; DYCKIA; EDMUNDOA; ENCHOLIRIUM; HECHTIA; HOHENBERGIOPSIS; LYMANIA; PSEUDANANAS; PUYA; RONNBERGIA; TILLANDSIA; URSULAEA;

EID: 84929516876     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: 10958339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/boj.12275     Document Type: Article

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